The Liebknecht Range () is a mountain range, long, forming the southwest arm of the Humboldt Mountains in

Queen Maud Land Queen Maud Land () is a roughly region of Antarctica Territorial claims in Antarctica, claimed by Norway as a dependent territory. It borders the claimed British Antarctic Territory 20th meridian west, 20° west, specifically the Caird Coast, ...

, Antarctica.

Exploration and naming

The Liebknecht Range was discovered and plotted from air photos by the

German Antarctic Expedition (1938–1939) The German Antarctic Expedition of 1938–1939 was led by ''Kriegsmarine'' captain Alfred Ritscher (1879–1963), was the third official Antarctic expedition of the German Reich, by order of the "Commissioner for the Four Year Plan" Hermann Görin ...

(GerAE). It was mapped from air photos and surveys by

Sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition The sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (''Den norske antarktisekspedisjonen'') was a scientific expedition to Queen Maud's Land in Antarctica. The expedition was based at Norway Station () which was located on the Fimbul Ice Shelf bordering th ...

(NoeAE), 1956–60. It was remapped by the

Soviet Antarctic Expedition The Soviet Antarctic Expedition (SAE or SovAE) (, ''Sovetskaya antarkticheskaya ekspeditsiya'') was part of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute of the Soviet Committee on Antarctic Research of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. It was ...

(SovAE), 1960–61, and named after the German revolutionary

Karl Liebknecht Karl Paul August Friedrich Liebknecht (; ; 13 August 1871 – 15 January 1919) was a German politician and revolutionary socialist. A leader of the far-left wing of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), Liebknecht was a co-founder of both ...

Features

Features of the Liebknecht Range include:

Mount Deryugin

. Mountain, high, on Vindegga Spur in the Liebknecht Range. Discovered and plotted from air photos by GerAE, 1938-39. Mapped from air photos and surveys by NorAE, 1956-60. Remapped by SovAE, 1960–61, and named after Soviet zoologist K.M. Deryugin.

Arsen'yev Rocks

. Rock outcrops lying among the morainal deposits west of Mount Deryugin in the Liebknecht Range. Mapped from air photos and surveys by SovAE, 1960–61, and named after Russian geographer K.I. Arsen'yev.

Abolin Rock

. Large rock outcrop lying west of the north end of Vindegga Spur in the Liebknecht Range. Discovered and plotted from air photos by GerAE, 1938-39. Mapped from air photos .and surveys by NorAE, 1956–60; remapped by SovAE, 1960-61, and named after Soviet botanist R.I. Abolin.

Vindegga Spur

. A prominent ridge just south of Vindegghallet Glacier in the Humboldt Mountains. Discovered and photographed by the GerAE, 1938-39. Mapped by Norway from air photos and surveys by NorAE, 1956–60, and named Vindegga (the wind ridge).

Vindegghallet Glacier

. Glacier flowing west for along the south side of

Mount Flånuten Livdebotnen Cirque () is a cirque formed in the northeast side of Mount Flånuten and the west side of Botnfjellet Mountain, in the Humboldt Mountains of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. Exploration and naming Livdebotnen Cirque was discovered and ...

in the Humboldt Mountains. Discovered and photographed by the GerAE, 1938-39. Mapped by Norway from air photos and surveys by NorAE, 1956–60, and named Vindegghallet (the wind ridge slope) in association with nearby Vindegga Spur.

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* {{refend Mountain ranges of Queen Maud Land Humboldt Mountains (Antarctica)