Paulsen Mountains
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Paulsen Mountains is a group of mountains including Brattskarvet Mountain
, Vendeholten Mountain
and Tverrveggen Ridge
, located in the northern part of the Sverdrup Mountains
in Queen Maud Land
. Discovered by the German Antarctic Expedition
under Alfred Ritscher
, 1938–39, and named for Karl-Heinz Paulsen, oceanographer on the expedition.
Brattskarvet Mountain
Brattskarvet Mountain is a mountain, high, next north of Vendeholten Mountain in the Sverdrup Mountains of Queen Maud Land. It was photographed from the air by the Third German Antarctic Expedition...
, Vendeholten Mountain
Vendeholten Mountain
Vendeholten Mountain is a 2,230 m tall mountain standing north of Tverrbrekka Pass in the Sverdrup Mountains, Queen Maud Land. It was photographed from the air by the German Antarctic Expedition , and mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish...
and Tverrveggen Ridge
Tverrveggen Ridge
Tverrveggen Ridge is a prominent ridge which extends southward for 4 nautical miles from Tverrbrekka Pass in the Sverdrup Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Photographed from the air by the German Antarctic Expedition...
, located in the northern part of 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....
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...
. Discovered by the German Antarctic Expedition
New Swabia
New Swabia is a cartographic name sometimes given to an area of Antarctica between 20°E and 10°W in Queen Maud Land, which within Norway is administered as a Norwegian dependent territory under the Antarctic Treaty System...
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 Karl-Heinz Paulsen, oceanographer on the expedition.