The Conrad Mountains are a narrow chain of mountains, 19 miles (30.6 km) long, located between the Gagarin Mountains

Gagarin Mountains

The Gagarin Mountains are a linear group of mountains, trending in a N-S direction for 10 miles between the Kurze Mountains and the Conrad Mountains of the Orvin Mountains in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica.-Discovery and naming:...

 and Mount Dallmann

Mount Dallmann

Mount Dallmann is a bold mountain 11 mi E of the northern portion of the Conrad Mountains, in the Orvin Mountains of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.Mount Dallmann was discovered by the Third German Antarctic Expedition , led by Capt...

 in 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...

, Antarctica. The Conrad Mountains are a subrange

Mountain range

A mountain range is a single, large mass consisting of a succession of mountains or narrowly spaced mountain ridges, with or without peaks, closely related in position, direction, formation, and age; a component part of a mountain system or of a mountain chain...

 of the Orvin Mountains

Orvin Mountains

The Orvin Mountains constitute a major group of mountain ranges, extending for about 65 miles between the Wohlthat Mountains and the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains in Queen Maud Land...

. With its summit

Summit (topography)

In topography, a summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. Mathematically, a summit is a local maximum in elevation...

 at 3055 metres (10,023 ft), the massive Sandeggtind Peak

Sandeggtind Peak

Sandeggtind Peak is a tall peak, standing 1 mi south of Sandho Heights on Sandegga Ridge in the Conrad Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Discovered and photographed by the Third German Antarctic Expedition , led by Capt. Alfred Ritscher. Mapped by Norway from air photos and surveys by NorAE,...

 forms the highest point in the Conrad Mountains.

Discovery and naming

The Conrad Mountains were discovered by the Third German Antarctic Expedition (1938–1939), led by Captain 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:*...

, and named for Rear Admiral Heinrich Friedrich (Fritz) Conrad (18 April 1883 – 1 January 1944), director of the meteorological division of the former Marineleitung (German Admiralty). They were surveyed by the Sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition

Sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition

The sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition was a scientific expedition to Queen Maud Land, intended as part of Norway's participation in the International Geophysical Year, 1957-58. The crew set sail from Oslo on board two whaling ships, the Polarsirkel and Polarbjørn, on November 10, 1956. They...

, 1956-1960.

See also

• East Antarctica Ranges
  East Antarctica Ranges
  The East Antarctica Ranges are one of the three largest mountain ranges in Antarctica, the others are the Transantarctic Mountains and West Antarctica Ranges. The East Antarctica Ranges, located on the East Antarctic Ice Sheet, have 29 known peaks whose summits reach or exceed 2000 meters above sea...
  
  
• History of Antarctica
  History of Antarctica
  The history of Antarctica emerges from early Western theories of a vast continent, known as Terra Australis, believed to exist in the far south of the globe...
  
  
• List of Antarctic expeditions

External links

• Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)