The Sverdrup Mountains ( no, Sverdrupfjella) are a group of
mountain
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s about long, standing just west of the
Gjelsvik Mountains in
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 ...
,
East Antarctica
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. With its
summit
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at ,
Hamartind Peak Hamartind Peak () is a peak, high,Hamartind
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 ...
(3rd GAE), 1938–1939. Mapped in detail by
Norwegian
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* Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway
* Demographics of Norway
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cartographers
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from
surveys and
aerial photographs
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taken by the
Norwegian–British–Swedish Antarctic Expedition
The Norwegian–British–Swedish Antarctic Expedition (also known as NBSX or NBSAE) (1949–1952) was the first Antarctica expedition involving an international team of scientists. The team members came from Norway, Sweden and the British Commonwe ...
(NBSAE), and again by a later Norwegian expedition. Named for
Harald Sverdrup, Chairman of the Norwegian Committee for the NBSAE.
Norwegian–British–Swedish Antarctic Expedition
Norwegian–British–Swedish Antarctic Expedition
The Norwegian–British–Swedish Antarctic Expedition (also known as NBSX or NBSAE) (1949–1952) was the first Antarctica expedition involving an international team of scientists. The team members came from Norway, Sweden and the British Commonwe ...
(NBSAE), 1949–1952
Norwegian Expedition
Luncke Expedition, 1958–1959
List of important geographical features of the Sverdrup Mountains
See also
*
List of mountains of Queen Maud Land
This list of mountains of Queen Maud Land contains mountains with a registered elevation of higher than 2000 metres (6561 feet) above sea level. The availability of accurate data for this region is limited, making the list both incomplete and inac ...
*
Nils Plain
References
External links
United States Geological Survey, Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
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Mountain ranges of Queen Maud Land