Kurze Mountains
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The Kurze Mountains are a range of mainly bare rock peaks, ridges and mountains about 20 nautical miles (37 km) long and 6 nautical miles (11 km) wide in the Orvin Mountains
of Queen Maud Land
. The feature stands between the Drygalski Mountains
on the west and the Gagarin Mountains
and Conrad Mountains
on the east.
The Kurze Mountains were discovered and plotted from aerial photographs taken by the German Antarctic Expedition
under Alfred Ritscher
, 1938–39, who named them for the director of the Naval Division of the former Marineleitung (German Admiralty). They were remapped by Norsk Polarinstitutt from surveys and aerial photos taken by the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition
, 1956–60, and given the name "Holtedahlfjella." The correlation of the prior name (Kurze) with this feature is quite definite and is recommended for the sake of international uniformity and historical continuity.
Orvin Mountains
The Orvin Mountains constitute a major group of mountain ranges, extending for about 65 miles between the Wohlthat Mountains and the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains in Queen Maud Land...
of Queen Maud Land
Queen Maud Land
Queen Maud Land is a c. 2.7 million-square-kilometre region of Antarctica claimed as a dependent territory by Norway. The territory lies between 20° west and 45° east, between the British Antarctic Territory to the west and the Australian Antarctic Territory to the east. The latitudinal...
. The feature stands between the Drygalski Mountains
Drygalski Mountains
Drygalski Mountains is a group of scattered mountains and nunataks lying between the Filchner Mountains and Kurze Mountains in the Orvin Mountains of Queen Maud Land. Discovered by the Third German Antarctic Expedition , led by Capt. Alfred Ritscher, and named for Professor Erich von Drygalski,...
on the west and the Gagarin Mountains
Gagarin Mountains
The Gagarin Mountains are a linear group of mountains, trending in a N-S direction for 10 miles between the Kurze Mountains and the Conrad Mountains of the Orvin Mountains in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica.-Discovery and naming:...
and Conrad Mountains
Conrad Mountains
The Conrad Mountains are a narrow chain of mountains, long, located between the Gagarin Mountains and Mount Dallmann in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. The Conrad Mountains are a subrange of the Orvin Mountains...
on the east.
The Kurze Mountains were discovered and plotted from aerial photographs taken by the German Antarctic Expedition
New Swabia
New Swabia is a cartographic name sometimes given to an area of Antarctica between 20°E and 10°W in Queen Maud Land, which within Norway is administered as a Norwegian dependent territory under the Antarctic Treaty System...
under Alfred Ritscher
Alfred Ritscher
Alfred Ritscher was a German polar explorer. A captain in the German Navy, he led the third German Antarctic Expedition in 1938-39, which mapped the New Swabia area of Queen Maud Land. Ritscher Peak and Ritscher Upland there are named for him.-External links:*...
, 1938–39, who named them for the director of the Naval Division of the former Marineleitung (German Admiralty). They were remapped by Norsk Polarinstitutt from surveys and aerial photos taken by the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition
Sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition
The sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition was a scientific expedition to Queen Maud Land, intended as part of Norway's participation in the International Geophysical Year, 1957-58. The crew set sail from Oslo on board two whaling ships, the Polarsirkel and Polarbjørn, on November 10, 1956. They...
, 1956–60, and given the name "Holtedahlfjella." The correlation of the prior name (Kurze) with this feature is quite definite and is recommended for the sake of international uniformity and historical continuity.