The Gjelsvik Mountains are a group of mountains about long, between the Sverdrup Mountains and the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains in

Queen Maud Land Queen Maud Land ( no, Dronning Maud Land) is a roughly region of Antarctica claimed by Norway as a dependent territory. It borders the claimed British Antarctic Territory 20° west and the Australian Antarctic Territory 45° east. In addi ...

, East Antarctica. With its summit at , the massive Risemedet Mountain forms the highest point in these mountains, also marking their eastern end.

Discovery and naming

The Gjelsvik Mountains were first photographed from the air and roughly plotted by the

Third German Antarctic Expedition New Swabia (Norwegian and german: Neuschwabenland) was a disputed Antarctic claim by Nazi Germany within the Norwegian territorial claim of Queen Maud Land and is now a cartographic name sometimes given to an area of Antarctica between 20°E a ...

(1938–39). They were mapped in detail by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the

Norwegian–British–Swedish Antarctic Expedition The Norwegian–British–Swedish Antarctic Expedition (also known as NBSX or NBSAE) (1949–1952) was the first Antarctica expedition involving an international team of scientists. The team members came from Norway, Sweden and the British Commonw ...

(1949–52) and from air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958–59). They were named for

Tore Gjelsvik Tore Gjelsvik (7 September 1916 – 23 January 2006) was a Norwegian geologist and polar explorer. He headed the Norwegian Polar Institute from 1960 to 1983, and played an important role in the Norwegian resistance during World War II. Person ...

, Director of the Norwegian Polar Institute.

Features

* Bakhallet Slope * Brugda Ridge * Bundermann Range * Jutulsessen * Mayr Ridge * Nupskammen Ridge * Terningskarvet Mountain * Von Essen Mountain

References

{{Authority control Mountain ranges of Queen Maud Land

Discovery and naming

Features

See also

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