Mayr Ridge () is a mountainous ridge including

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 Von Essen Mountain, forming the southwestern extremity of 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 ...

in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. The name "" was applied in the general area by the Third German Antarctic Expedition 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 (ger ...

, 1938–39, for Rudolf Mayr, the pilot of the flying boat ''Passat'' used by the expedition. The correlation of the name with this feature may be arbitrary but is recommended for the sake of international uniformity and historical continuity.

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Ridges of Queen Maud Land Princess Martha Coast {{PrincessMarthaCoast-geo-stub