The Asgard Range is a

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 higher t ...

range in

Victoria Land Victoria Land is a region in eastern Antarctica which fronts the western side of the Ross Sea and the Ross Ice Shelf, extending southward from about 70°30'S to 78°00'S, and westward from the Ross Sea to the edge of the Antarctic Plateau. I ...

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. It divides Wright Valley from Taylor Glacier and

Taylor Valley Taylor Valley is the southernmost of the three large McMurdo Dry Valleys in the Transantarctic Mountains, Victoria Land, Antarctica, located west of McMurdo Sound at approximately . The valley extends from Taylor Glacier in the west to McMurdo ...

, and was named by the

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(1958–59) after Asgard, the home of the Norse gods.

Geography

The Asgard Range contains numerous named features such as peaks, valleys, and glaciers, and even some sub-ranges. Many are named after Norse gods and mythological figures, in keeping with the name of the range itself.

Mountains

Ball Peak Ball Peak is a peak rising to at the head of Loftus Glacier in the Asgard Range, Victoria Land. It stands south-west of Mount McLennan in proximity to Mount Hall and Harris Peak, with which this naming is associated. It was named by New Zeala ...

Mount Beowulf Mount Beowulf () is a peak rising to about at the southeast side of Mime Glacier in the Asgard Range, Victoria Land. It stands at the head of Beowulf Glacier, which was named in association with the mountain. It was mapped by the United State ...

Bromley Peak Bromley Peak () is a peak, high, marking the summit of Horowitz Ridge in the Asgard Range The Asgard Range is a mountain range in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It divides Wright Valley from Taylor Glacier and Taylor Valley, and was named by the Vic ...

Brunhilde Peak Brunhilde Peak () is a rock peak between the upper part of Donner Valley and Sykes Glacier in the Asgard Range, Victoria Land. Flat Spur descends northeast from the peak between the north and south branches of Sykes Glacier. Both features were na ...

* Mount Carnes * Mount Darby * Mount Feola *

Mount Freya Mount Freya is a prominent peak east of Mount Thor in the Asgard Range The Asgard Range is a mountain range in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It divides Wright Valley from Taylor Glacier and Taylor Valley, and was named by the Victoria University of ...

Mount Holm-Hansen Mount Holm-Hansen () is a prominent mountain rising to between the lower David Valley and Bartley Glacier in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. On its north side sits Bifrost Ledge, a flat benchlike feature that rises to 1,750 metr ...

* Mount Grendal * Mount Hall *

Harp Hill Harp Hill () is a detached hill, high, that is triangular in plan, the northwest and southeast sides of which are defined by ridgelike rock exposures, located at the north side of the MacDonald Hills in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, Antarcti ...

Harris Peak Reclus Peninsula is a peninsula on the west coast of Graham Land in Antarctica, enclosing Charlotte Bay to its east. It was first charted in 1898 by the Belgian Antarctic Expedition under Adrien de Gerlache, who named its northern extremity "Cap Re ...

Hetha Peak Hetha Peak () is a peak, , situated northeast of Mount Saga on the ridge bounding the west side of Newall Glacier, Asgard Range, McMurdo Dry Valleys. In association with the names from Norse mythology Norse, Nordic, or Scandinavian mythology ...

Hind Turret Hind Turret () is a peak at the south (hind) side of Obelisk Mountain in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. The descriptive name, suggestive of the appearance and position of this peak, was recommended by the Advisory Committee on Anta ...

* Hoehn Peak *

Hoffman Peak Hoffman Peak () is a peak rising to north-northeast of Mount McLennan in the Asgard Range The Asgard Range is a mountain range in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It divides Wright Valley from Taylor Glacier and Taylor Valley, and was named by the Vict ...

Idun Peak Idun Peak () is a small peak between Mount Thundergut and Veli Peak in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. The name, recommended by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in consultation with the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Co ...

* Mount Irvine *

Mount Jord Mount Jord () is a peak, high, located northwest of Hetha Peak on the ridge between Hart Glacier and Goodspeed Glacier, in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. In association with names from Norse mythology Norse, Nordic, or S ...

Mount Knox Mount Knox () is a peak rising to about at the west extremity of the MacDonald Hills in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It is found on the north side of Taylor Valley. It was named by the New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB) in ...

Mount Loke Mount Loke () is a horn shaped peak on the south wall of Wright Valley, standing between Goodspeed Glacier and Denton Glacier in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Exp ...

* Lyons Cone * Matterhorn *

Mattox Bastion The Inland Forts () are a line of peaks extending between Northwest Mountain and Saint Pauls Mountain, in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. Taylor Glacier lies to the south. The peaks were discovered and so named by the British Nationa ...

Mount Newall Mount Newall () is a peak, 1,920 m, the northeast extremity of Asgard Range, in Victoria Land. Discovered by the Discovery expedition (1901–04) and named for one of the men who helped raise funds to send a relief ship for the expedition. Ni ...

Obelisk Mountain Mount Odin () is the most prominent peak, though not the highest, in the Asgard Range, of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It rises over just south of Lake Vanda. It was named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE) (195 ...

* Mount Odin * Oliver Peak * Panorama Peak * Perk Summit *

Ponder Peak Mount Newall () is a peak, 1,920 m, the northeast extremity of Asgard Range, in Victoria Land. Discovered by the Discovery expedition (1901–04) and named for one of the men who helped raise funds to send a relief ship for the expedition. Ni ...

Mount Saga is a mountain located on the border of Futtsu and Kyonan, Chiba Prefecture. Mount Saga has an elevation of and is one of the peaks of the Mineoka Mountain District of the Bōsō Hill Range. Narcissus cultivation Mount Saga is home to one of ...

Siegfried Peak Mount Odin () is the most prominent peak, though not the highest, in the Asgard Range, of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It rises over just south of Lake Vanda. It was named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE) ( ...

* Siegmund Peak *

Mount Thundergut The Inland Forts () are a line of peaks extending between Northwest Mountain and Saint Pauls Mountain, in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. Taylor Glacier __NOTOC__ The Taylor Glacier is an Antarctic glacier about long, flowing ...

* Mount Thor *

Twickler Cone The Newall Glacier () is a glacier in the east part of the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, It flows east between Mount Newall and Mount Weyant into the Wilson Piedmont Glacier. The Newall Glacier was mapped by the N.Z. Northern Survey Party of t ...

Mount Ulla Mount Ulla () (also known as Claymore Peak) is a sharp peak between Meserve and Hart Glaciers in the Asgard Range, Victoria Land. The summit is a knife-edge ridge which drops away on both sides. Named by the Victoria University of Wellington A ...

* Utgard Peak * Mount Valhalla *

Mount Valkyrie Mount Newall () is a peak, 1,920 m, the northeast extremity of Asgard Range, in Victoria Land. Discovered by the Discovery expedition (1901–04) and named for one of the men who helped raise funds to send a relief ship for the expedition. Ni ...

Veli Peak Mount Odin () is the most prominent peak, though not the highest, in the Asgard Range, of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It rises over just south of Lake Vanda. It was named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE) ( ...

Vishniac Peak Clare Range () is the range extending west-southwest from Sperm Bluff to the Willett Range on the south side of Mackay Glacier, in Victoria Land. It was circumnavigated in 1957 by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antar ...

* Vogler Peak * Webb Peak *

Wolak Peak The Inland Forts () are a line of peaks extending between Northwest Mountain and Saint Pauls Mountain, in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. Taylor Glacier lies to the south. The peaks were discovered and so named by the British Nationa ...

Glaciers

Alberich Glacier Alberich Glacier () is a small glacier that drains west from Junction Knob toward the east flank of Sykes Glacier, in the Asgard Range, Victoria Land, Antarctica. It is one in a group of features in the range named by New Zealand Antarctic Place ...

* Bartley Glacier *

Beowulf Glacier Mount Odin () is the most prominent peak, though not the highest, in the Asgard Range, of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It rises over just south of Lake Vanda. It was named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE) ( ...

* Conrow Glacier * Commonwealth Glacier * Decker Glacier * Ferguson Glacier * Fountain Glacier *

Godwit Glacier The Horowitz Ridge () is a rock ridge between David Valley and King Valley in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. Naming The Horowitz Ridge was named for Professor Norman Horowitz of the California Institute of Technology, whose i ...

Heimdall Glacier The Wright Valley, named for Sir Charles Wright, is the central one of the three large Dry Valleys in the Transantarctic Mountains, located west of McMurdo Sound at approximately . Wright Valley contains the Onyx River, the longest river in Ant ...

Meserve Glacier The Wright Valley, named for Sir Charles Wright, is the central one of the three large Dry Valleys in the Transantarctic Mountains, located west of McMurdo Sound at approximately . Wright Valley contains the Onyx River, the longest river in Ant ...

Mime Glacier Mount Odin () is the most prominent peak, though not the highest, in the Asgard Range, of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It rises over just south of Lake Vanda. It was named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE) (1 ...

Newall Glacier The Newall Glacier () is a glacier in the east part of the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, It flows east between Mount Newall and Mount Weyant into the Wilson Piedmont Glacier. The Newall Glacier was mapped by the N.Z. Northern Survey Party of th ...

* Norris Glacier * Nylen Glacier * Repeater Glacier *

Schlatter Glacier Pearse Valley () is an ice-free valley long, lying immediately west of Catspaw Glacier, at the south side of the Asgard Range in Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for John S. Pearse, biologist at McMurdo St ...

Sykes Glacier The Wright Valley, named for Sir Charles Wright, is the central one of the three large Dry Valleys in the Transantarctic Mountains, located west of McMurdo Sound at approximately . Wright Valley contains the Onyx River, the longest river in Ant ...

Valhalla Glacier The Wright Valley, named for Sir Charles Wright, is the central one of the three large Dry Valleys in the Transantarctic Mountains, located west of McMurdo Sound at approximately . Wright Valley contains the Onyx River, the longest river in Ant ...

* Wright Lower Glacier * Wright Upper Glacier

Valleys

David Valley The Horowitz Ridge () is a rock ridge between David Valley and King Valley in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. Naming The Horowitz Ridge was named for Professor Norman Horowitz of the California Institute of Technology, whose in ...

Donner Valley The Wright Valley, named for Sir Charles Wright, is the central one of the three large Dry Valleys in the Transantarctic Mountains, located west of McMurdo Sound at approximately . Wright Valley contains the Onyx River, the longest river in Ant ...

* Fenrir Valley *

Hallet Valley Hallet Valley () is a valley between Medley Ridge and Vortex Col in the western Asgard Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 2004 after Bernard Hallet, of the Quaternary Research Center a ...

* Jotunheim Valley * Koenig Valley *

Nibelungen Valley The Inland Forts () are a line of peaks extending between Northwest Mountain and Saint Pauls Mountain, in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. Taylor Glacier lies to the south. The peaks were discovered and so named by the British Natio ...

* Njord Valley * Pearse Valley * Sessrumnir Valley * Tiw Valley * Tyrol Valley

Other features

* Colosseum Cliff *

Flint Ridge Flint Ridge () is a north-south trending ridge with a summit elevation of in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. On the west side of the ridge is Sagittate Hill, tall and mostly composed of exposed rock. At the south end of the ridge si ...

Gallagher Ridge Mount Newall () is a peak, 1,920 m, the northeast extremity of Asgard Range, in Victoria Land. Discovered by the Discovery expedition (1901–04) and named for one of the men who helped raise funds to send a relief ship for the expedition. Ni ...

Hess Mesa The Inland Forts () are a line of peaks extending between Northwest Mountain and Saint Pauls Mountain, in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. Taylor Glacier lies to the south. The peaks were discovered and so named by the British Nati ...

Horowitz Ridge The Horowitz Ridge () is a rock ridge between David Valley and King Valley in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. Naming The Horowitz Ridge was named for Professor Norman Horowitz of the California Institute of Technology, whose in ...

Hothem Cliffs The Hothem Cliffs () are a line of abrupt rock cliffs at the north side of the head of Canada Glacier in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. They were named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1997 after Larry D. Hothem, an A ...

Inland Forts The Inland Forts () are a line of peaks extending between Northwest Mountain and Saint Pauls Mountain, in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. Taylor Glacier lies to the south. The peaks were discovered and so named by the British Nation ...

* Kottmeier Mesa * Linnaeus Terrace * Martin Cirque *

MacDonald Hills The MacDonald Hills () are a compact group of exposed rock hills in the Asgard Range, east of Commonwealth Glacier on the north side of lower Taylor Valley, Victoria Land, Antarctica. They are separated from Hjorth Hill by Quinn Gully. The hills ...

* Morelli Ridge *

Mudrey Cirque The Inland Forts () are a line of peaks extending between Northwest Mountain and Saint Pauls Mountain, in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. Taylor Glacier lies to the south. The peaks were discovered and so named by the British Nati ...

* Nichols Ridge * Plane Table * Pukeko Pond *

Roa Ridge Roa Ridge () is a bow-shaped ridge, long in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. For much of its extent, it separates Matterhorn Glacier and Lacroix Glacier. From northwest to southeast, summits on the ridge include Vogler Peak, Mount I ...

Tractor Corner Mount Newall () is a peak, 1,920 m, the northeast extremity of Asgard Range, in Victoria Land. Discovered by the Discovery expedition (1901–04) and named for one of the men who helped raise funds to send a relief ship for the expedition. ...

Unwin Ledge The Newall Glacier () is a glacier in the east part of the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, It flows east between Mount Newall and Mount Weyant into the Wilson Piedmont Glacier. The Newall Glacier was mapped by the N.Z. Northern Survey Party of th ...

Gallery

File:Antarctica Hiking the Commonwealth Glacier.jpg, Commonwealth Glacier File:Asgard_Range_NSF_photo.jpg, Unspecified peak in the Asgard Range

References

* Mountain ranges of Victoria Land McMurdo Dry Valleys {{McMurdoDryValleys-geo-stub