Nordwestliche Insel Mountains () is a small, detached group of mountains, island-like in appearance, and forming the northern extremity of the Humboldt Mountains, in the

Wohlthat Mountains Wohlthat Mountains () is a large group of associated mountain features consisting of the Humboldt Mountains, Petermann Ranges, and the Gruber Mountains, located immediately east of the Orvin Mountains in Fimbulheimen in the central Queen Maud ...

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. They lie at the northwest extremity of the

Discovery and naming

The Nordwestliche Insel Mountains were discovered 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) 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 () ...

, and named ''Nordwestliche Insel'' (northwest island). The name ''Nordvestøya'' is used by Norway in the Norway Gazetteer. It is described there as being north of Humboldtfjella (Humboldt Mountains) in the northwest part of Wohlthatmassivet (Wohlthat Mountains) in

Fimbulheimen Fimbulheimen is a mountain range in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. It stretches from Jutulstraumen by 1° west of Carsten Borchgrevink Ice at 18° east, about 200 km from the ice edge. Fimbulheimen is thus between Maudheim Plateau and Sør-Ro ...

Nearby features

Nearby features include:

Arkticheskiy Institut Rocks

. A group of rocks lying north of Nordwestliche Insel Mountains. Discovered and photographed by the GerAE, 1938-39. Mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1960-61, and named for that nation's Arctic Institute.

Oskeladden Rock

. Rock lying south of Pål Rock in the Arkticheskiy Institut Rocks. Discovered and photographed by the GerAE, 1938-39. Mapped by Norway from air photos and surveys by the

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 ...

(NorAE), 1956-60, and named Oskeladden.

Pål Rock

. Rock lying between Per and Oskeladden Rocks in the Arkticheskiy Institut Rocks. Discovered and photographed by the GerAE, 1938-39. Mapped by Norway from air photos and surveys by NorAE, 1956-60, and named Pål (Paul).

Per Rock

. Rock lying north of Pal Rock in the Arkticheskiy Institut Rocks. Discovered and photographed by the GerAE, 1938-39. Mapped by Norway from air photos and surveys by NorAE, 1956-60, and named Per (Peter).

Sphinx Mountain

. A linear mountain, high, trending in a north–south direction for , standing east of Nordwestliche Insel Mountains. This mountain was discovered by the GerAE, 1938-39, who gave the name Sphinx to its northern peak. The name was extended to this mountain by NorAE, 1956-60, and the Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1960-61, who referred to it as Sfinksen (the sphinx) and Gora Sfinks (sphinx mountain), respectively. The recommended spelling has been chosen to agree with the original German form.

Sphinxkopf Peak

. The peak, high, at the northern end of Sphinx Mountain. Discovered by the GerAE under Ritscher, 1938-39, who named it Sphinxkopf (sphinx head) because of its appearance.

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