Sverdrup Mountains
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The Sverdrup Mountains are a group of mountain
s about 50 miles (80.5 km) long, standing just west of the Gjelsvik Mountains
in Queen Maud Land
, East Antarctica
. With its summit
at 2655 metres (8,711 ft), the massive Mount Krüger
forms the highest point in the Sverdrup Mountains.
(3rd GAE), 1938–1939. Mapped in detail by Norwegian
cartographers
from surveys
and aerial photographs
taken by the Norwegian–British–Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE), and again by a later Norwegian expedition. Named for Harald Sverdrup
, Chairman of the Norwegian Committee for the NBSAE.
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at the west side of the mouth of Reece Valley
, in the southern part of the Sverdrup Mountains. Remapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and aerial photographs taken by the NBSAE and later by the NE. Named for Alan Reece, geologist
of the NBSAE, and earlier with the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey
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| Brattskarvet Mountain
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| Fuglefjellet
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| 7 nautical miles (13 km) east of Mount Roer
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| A group of rocky elevations including Mount Straumsvola and Mount Jutulrora, forming the western end of the Sverdrup Mountains. Remapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and aerial photographs taken by the NBSAE and later by the NE. Named for Leo Gburek, geophysicist
of the 3rd GAE.
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| Mount Brandt
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| Mount Krüger
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| 2655 meters
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| The summit of Krügerfjellet, 8 miles (12.9 km) southwest of Kvitho Peak
, is the highest point in the Sverdrup Mountains. Named for Walter Krüger, meteorological
assistant on the 3rd GAE.
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| Paulsen Mountains
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| A group of mountains including Brattskarvet Mountain
, Vendeholten Mountain
and Tverrveggen Ridge
, located in the northern part of the Sverdrup Mountains. Named for Karl-Heinz Paulsen, oceanographer
on the expedition.
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| Straumsvola Mountain
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| Tverrveggen Ridge
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Mountain
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s about 50 miles (80.5 km) long, standing just west of the Gjelsvik Mountains
Gjelsvik Mountains
The Gjelsvik Mountains are a group of mountains about 25 nautical miles long, between the Sverdrup and Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica. With its summit at , the massive Risemedet Mountain forms the highest point in the Gjelsvik 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...
, East Antarctica
East Antarctica
East Antarctica, also called Greater Antarctica, constitutes the majority of the Antarctic continent, lying on the Indian Ocean side of the Transantarctic Mountains...
. 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 2655 metres (8,711 ft), the massive Mount Krüger
Mount Krüger
Mount Krüger, or Krügerfjellet, is a mountain standing southwest of Kvitho Peak in the Sverdrup Mountains of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.The summit of Krüger is the highest point in the Sverdrup Mtns.- Discovery and naming :...
forms the highest point in the Sverdrup Mountains.
Discovery and naming
First photographed from the air and roughly plotted by the Third German Antarctic ExpeditionNew 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...
(3rd GAE), 1938–1939. Mapped in detail by Norwegian
Norwegians
Norwegians constitute both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway. They share a common culture and speak the Norwegian language. Norwegian people and their descendants are found in migrant communities worldwide, notably in United States, Canada and Brazil.-History:Towards the end of the 3rd...
cartographers
Cartography
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from surveys
Surveying
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and aerial photographs
Aerial photography
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taken by the Norwegian–British–Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE), and again by a later Norwegian expedition. Named for Harald Sverdrup
Harald Sverdrup
Harald Ulrik Sverdrup was a Norwegian oceanographer and meteorologist who made a number of important theoretical discoveries in these fields. Having first worked in Bergen and Leipzig he was the scientific director of the North Polar expedition of Roald Amundsen aboard the Maud from 1918 to 1925...
, Chairman of the Norwegian Committee for the NBSAE.
Norwegian–British–Swedish Antarctic Expedition
Norwegian–British–Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE), 1949–1952List of important geographical features of the Sverdrup Mountains
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| Alan Peak Alan Peak Alan Peak , also known as Alanpiggen, is a peak at the west side of the mouth of Reece Valley, in the south part of the Sverdrup Mountains in Queen Maud Land. Plotted from air photos by the Third German Antarctic Expedition... |
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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 the west side of the mouth of Reece Valley
Reece Valley
Reece Valley is an ice-filled valley between Gavlen Ridge and Nupskapa Peak, in the south part of the Sverdrup Mountains in Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition and air photos by the Norwegian expedition...
, in the southern part of the Sverdrup Mountains. Remapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and aerial photographs taken by the NBSAE and later by the NE. Named for Alan Reece, geologist
Geologist
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of the NBSAE, and earlier with the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey
British Antarctic Survey
The British Antarctic Survey is the United Kingdom's national Antarctic operation and has an active role in Antarctic affairs. BAS is part of the Natural Environment Research Council and has over 400 staff. It operates five research stations, two ships and five aircraft in and around Antarctica....
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Barkley Mountains
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,...
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Biologist
A biologist is a scientist devoted to and producing results in biology through the study of life. Typically biologists study organisms and their relationship to their environment. Biologists involved in basic research attempt to discover underlying mechanisms that govern how organisms work...
of the 3rd GAE.
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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...
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Fuglefjellet
Fuglefjellet is a mountain 7 nautical miles east of Mount Roer in the Sverdrup Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Photographed from the air by the German Antarctic Expedition...
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| 7 nautical miles (13 km) east of Mount Roer
Mount Roer
Mount Roer is an isolated mountain, 2,085 m, standing 7 nautical miles west of Fuglefjellet in the Sverdrup Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Photographed from the air by the German Antarctic Expedition...
. Remapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and aerial photographs taken by the NBSAE and later by the NE. Named Fuglefjellet (the bird mountain).
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Gburek Peaks
Gburek Peaks is a group of rocky elevations including Mount Straumsvola and Mount Jutulrora, forming the western end of the Sverdrup Mountains in Queen Maud Land. Discovered by the German Antarctic Expedition under Alfred Ritscher, 1938–39, and named for Leo Gburek, geophysicist on the expedition...
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| A group of rocky elevations including Mount Straumsvola and Mount Jutulrora, forming the western end of the Sverdrup Mountains. Remapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and aerial photographs taken by the NBSAE and later by the NE. Named for Leo Gburek, geophysicist
Geophysics
Geophysics is the physics of the Earth and its environment in space; also the study of the Earth using quantitative physical methods. The term geophysics sometimes refers only to the geological applications: Earth's shape; its gravitational and magnetic fields; its internal structure and...
of the 3rd GAE.
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Hamartind Peak
Hamartind Peak is a peak at the east extremity of Hamrane Heights in the Sverdrup Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Photographed from the air by the German Antarctic Expedition...
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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...
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Joungane Peaks
Joungane Peaks is a line of about four small peaks just north of Storjoen Peak in the Sverdrup Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Plotted from air photos by the German Antarctic Expedition...
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Jutulrora Mountain
Jutulrora Mountain is a prominent mountain 6 nautical miles south of Straumsvola Mountain in the west part of the Sverdrup Mountains, overlooking the east side of Jutulstraumen Glacier in Queen Maud Land. Plotted from air photos by the German Antarctic Expedition...
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Kvitho Peak
Kvitho Peak is an isolated peak rising above the ice 7 nautical miles southeast of Kvitkjolen Ridge, in the Sverdrup Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Photographed from the air by the German Antarctic Expedition...
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Kvithovden Peak
Kvithovden Peak is a peak at the north end of Kvitkjolen Ridge in the Sverdrup Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Photographed from the air by the German Antarctic Expedition...
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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...
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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...
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Mount Brandt
Mount Brandt is a nunatak, high, which is the northernmost feature in Romlingane Peaks, in the Sverdrup Mountains of Queen Maud Land. The name Brandt-Berg after Emil Brandt, sailor with the expedition, was applied in this area by the Third German Antarctic Expedition under Alfred Ritscher...
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Mount Krüger
Mount Krüger, or Krügerfjellet, is a mountain standing southwest of Kvitho Peak in the Sverdrup Mountains of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.The summit of Krüger is the highest point in the Sverdrup Mtns.- Discovery and naming :...
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| The summit of Krügerfjellet, 8 miles (12.9 km) southwest of Kvitho Peak
Kvitho Peak
Kvitho Peak is an isolated peak rising above the ice 7 nautical miles southeast of Kvitkjolen Ridge, in the Sverdrup Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Photographed from the air by the German Antarctic Expedition...
, is the highest point in the Sverdrup Mountains. Named for Walter Krüger, meteorological
Meteorology
Meteorology is the interdisciplinary scientific study of the atmosphere. Studies in the field stretch back millennia, though significant progress in meteorology did not occur until the 18th century. The 19th century saw breakthroughs occur after observing networks developed across several countries...
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Mount Roer
Mount Roer is an isolated mountain, 2,085 m, standing 7 nautical miles west of Fuglefjellet in the Sverdrup Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Photographed from the air by the German Antarctic Expedition...
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Nupskapa Peak
Nupskapa Peak is an icecapped peak, 2,450 m, just south of Reece Valley in the Sverdrup Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition . Rephotographed by the Norwegian expedition and named Nupskapa ....
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Oppkuven Peak
Oppkuven Peak is a peak 2 nautical miles north of Gavlen Ridge in the Roots Heights, Sverdrup Mountains, in Queen Maud Land. Photographed from the air by the German Antarctic Expedition...
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Paulsen Mountains
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...
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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...
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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...
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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. Named for Karl-Heinz Paulsen, oceanographer
Oceanography
Oceanography , also called oceanology or marine science, is the branch of Earth science that studies the ocean...
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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...
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Romlingane Peaks
Romlingane Peaks is a chain of peaks extending from the west side of Vendeholten Mountain, in the Sverdrup Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Photographed from the air by the German Antarctic Expedition...
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Salknappen Peak
Salknappen Peak is a subsidiary peak on the north side of Isingen Mountain, in the Sverdrup Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Photographed from the air by the German Antarctic Expedition...
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Snarby Peak
Snarby Peak is an isolated peak 6 nautical miles northeast of Brattskarvet Mountain, at the northeast end of the Sverdrup Mountains, in Queen Maud Land. Photographed from the air by the German Antarctic Expedition...
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Sorhausane Peaks
Sorhausane Peaks is a small cluster of peaks 2 nautical miles south of Nupskapa Peak, at the south end of the Sverdrup Mountains in Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition and air photos by the Norwegian...
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Storjoen Peak
Storjoen Peak is a peak 4 nautical miles northwest of Tvora in the Sverdrup Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Plotted from air photos by the German Antarctic Expedition...
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Straumsvola Mountain
Straumsvola Mountain is a prominent mountain 6 nautical miles north of Jutulrora Mountain in the northwest part of the Sverdrup Mountains, overlooking the east side of Jutulstraumen Glacier in Queen Maud Land. Plotted from air photos by the German Antarctic Expedition...
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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...
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Tvora
Tvora is a mountain with two north-trending spurs, about 3 nautical miles east of Straumsvola Mountain in the Sverdrup Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Plotted from air photos by the German Antarctic Expedition...
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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...
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See also
- List of Antarctic expeditions
- East Antarctica RangesEast Antarctica RangesThe 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...
- East Antarctic two-thousandersEast Antarctic two-thousandersThe three largest mountain ranges in Antarctica are the Transantarctic Mountains, the West Antarctica Ranges, and the East 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 level. These...
- List of East Antarctic two-thousanders