The Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains (german: Mühlig-Hofmann-Gebirge) is a major group of associated
mountain
A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually highe ...
features extending east to west for between the
Gjelsvik Mountains and the
Orvin 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
Jøkulkyrkja Mountain forms the highest point in the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains.
Discovery and naming
The Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains were discovered 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 ...
(1938-1939), led by Capt.
Alfred Ritscher, and named for the division director of the
German Air Ministry. They were remapped by the
Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956-1960.
USGS GNIS: Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains
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Features
Glaciers
* Austreskorve Glacier
** Kvitholten Hill
* Flogeken Glacier
* Langflog Glacier
* Lunde Glacier
* Skålebreen
** Skålebrehalsen Terrace
* Sloket Glacier
* Tønnesen Glacier
* Vestreskorve Glacier
** Hamarglovene Crevasses
Mountains and ranges
* Ahlstad Hills
* Breplogen Mountain
** Høgsenga Crags
** Småkovane Cirques
* Buddenbrock Range
* Cumulus Mountain
* Jøkulkyrkja Mountain
** Jøkulfallet
** Jøkulhest Dome
** Kyrkjetorget
** Larsen Cliffs The Larsen Cliffs () are steep rock and ice cliffs which form a part of the east face of Jøkulkyrkja Mountain, in the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. They were plotted from surveys and air photos by the Sixth Norwegian A ...
** Kyrkjebakken Slope
** Kapellet Canyon
** Katedralen Canyon
* Djupedalshausane Peaks
* Festninga Mountain
** Austvollen Bluff
** Festningsporten Pass
* Gablenz Range
** Mount Grytøyr
** Skigarden Ridge
*** Bjørn Spur
* Gessner Peak
* Habermehl Peak
Habermehl Peak (german: Habermehlgipfel, ) is a peak high, south of Gessner Peak in the northeast part of the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. It was discovered by the Third German Antarctic Expedition (1938–1939), l ...
* Håhellerskarvet
* Halsknappane Hills
* Hamarøya Mountain
* Huldreskorvene Peaks
* Kyrkjeskipet Peak
Kyrkjeskipet Peak is a peak in Antarctica just north of Kapellet Canyon that dominates the northeastern part of Jøkulkyrkja Mountain in the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains of Antarctica. It was mapped from surveys and air photos by the Sixth Norwegia ...
* Luz Range
** Snøtoa Terrace
* Mount Hädrich
* Mount Hochlin
* Mount Kropotkin
* Nikolayev Range
* Preuschoff Range
* Sloknuten Peak
* Snønutane Peaks
** Snønutryggen
* Thälmann Mountains
Other
* Djupedalen Valley
* Grinda Ridge
* Hamarskorvene Bluff
* Hoggestabben Butte
* Tvibåsen Valley
** Båsbolken Spur
* Jaren Crags
* Kaye Crest
* Kvea Valley
* Kvithamaren Cliff
* Kyrkjedalen Valley
* Kyrkjedalshalsen Saddle
* Langfloget Cliff
* Øvrevollen Bluff
* Småsponen Nunatak
* Snøbjørga Bluff
* Torbjørn Rocks
* Tussebrekka Slope
* Tverrseten Col
See also
* Extreme points of Norway
The extreme points of Norway include the coordinates that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location in Norway; and the highest and the lowest altitudes in the country. The northernmost point is Rossøya on Svalbard, the southe ...
* List of mountains of Queen Maud Land
This list of mountains of Queen Maud Land contains mountains with a registered elevation of higher than 2000 metres (6561 feet) above sea level. The availability of accurate data for this region is limited, making the list both incomplete and inac ...
* Fimbulheimen
* Sprekkefjellet, a hill 9 km away from this location
* Stuttfloget Cliff
* Styggebrekkufsa Bluff
References
External links
United States Geological Survey, Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Mountain ranges of Queen Maud Land