Barkley Mountains
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The Barkley Mountains are a small group of mountains including Kvitkjolen Ridge
and Isingen Mountain
, rising between Kvitsvodene Valley
and Rogstad Glacier
in the Sverdrup Mountains
of Queen Maud Land
. They were discovered by the Third German Antarctic Expedition under Alfred Ritscher
, 1938–39, and named for Erich Barkley, biologist on the expedition. They were surveyed by the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition
, 1949–52.
Kvitkjolen Ridge
Kvitkjolen Ridge is a rock ridge between ice filled Kvitsvodene Valley and Ising Glacier in the Sverdrup Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Photographed from the air by the German Antarctic Expedition...
and Isingen Mountain
Isingen Mountain
Isingen Mountain is a large icecapped mass, through which protrude several rock peaks, between Ising Glacier and Rogstad Glacier in the Sverdrup Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Photographed from the air by the German Antarctic Expedition...
, rising between Kvitsvodene Valley
Kvitsvodene Valley
Kvitsvodene Valley is an ice-filled valley about 5 nautical miles long between Kvitkjolen Ridge and Robin Heights in the Sverdrup Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Photographed from the air by the German Antarctic Expedition...
and Rogstad Glacier
Rogstad Glacier
Rogstad Glacier is a glacier flowing northwest along the north side of Isingen Mountain, in the Sverdrup Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Photographed from the air by the German Antarctic Expedition . Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic...
in the Sverdrup Mountains
Sverdrup Mountains
The Sverdrup Mountains are a group of mountains about long, standing just west of the Gjelsvik Mountains in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica. With its summit at , the massive Mount Krüger forms the highest point in the Sverdrup Mountains....
of Queen Maud Land
Queen Maud Land
Queen Maud Land is a c. 2.7 million-square-kilometre region of Antarctica claimed as a dependent territory by Norway. The territory lies between 20° west and 45° east, between the British Antarctic Territory to the west and the Australian Antarctic Territory to the east. The latitudinal...
. They were discovered by the Third German Antarctic Expedition under Alfred Ritscher
Alfred Ritscher
Alfred Ritscher was a German polar explorer. A captain in the German Navy, he led the third German Antarctic Expedition in 1938-39, which mapped the New Swabia area of Queen Maud Land. Ritscher Peak and Ritscher Upland there are named for him.-External links:*...
, 1938–39, and named for Erich Barkley, biologist on the expedition. They were surveyed by the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition
Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition
Norwegian–British–Swedish Antarctic Expedition the first Antarctica expedition involving an international team of scientists...
, 1949–52.