The Bundermann Range () is a small mountain range located immediately north of

Nupskammen Ridge Nupskammen Ridge () is a ridge of jagged peaks 8 nautical miles (15 km) long, standing north of Von Essen Mountain in the Gjelsvik Mountains, Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. Photographed from the air by the German Antarctic Expedition (1938–3 ...

and

Terningskarvet Mountain Terningskarvet Mountain () is a large complex mountain just east of Mayr Ridge, forming the southeast portion of the Gjelsvik Mountains in Queen Maud Land Queen Maud Land ( no, Dronning Maud Land) is a roughly region of Antarctica claimed by ...

in the

Gjelsvik Mountains The Gjelsvik Mountains are a group of mountains about long, between the Sverdrup Mountains and the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica. With its summit at , the massive Risemedet Mountain forms the highest point in thes ...

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 addit ...

Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest co ...

. The name Bundermannketten was applied to a range of mountains in this area 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 ...

(1938–39) under

Alfred Ritscher Alfred Ritscher (23 May 1879 in Bad Lauterberg – 30 March 1963 in Hamburg) was a German polar explorer. A ''Kapitän zur See'' in the ''Kriegsmarine'', he led the third German Antarctic Expedition in 1938–39, which mapped the New Swabia ( ...

. The correlation of the name with this feature may be arbitrary, but it is recommended for the sake of international uniformity and historical continuity. It was named for Max Bundermann, aerial photographer on the ''Passat'', one of the flying boats used by the German expedition.

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* Mountain ranges of Queen Maud Land Princess Martha Coast {{PrincessMarthaCoast-geo-stub