Nupskammen Ridge is a ridge of jagged peaks 8 nautical miles (15 km) long, standing north of Von Essen Mountain

Von Essen Mountain

Von Essen Mountain is a mountain, 2,665 m, marking the southwest end of the Gjelsvik Mountains in Queen Maud Land. Photographed from the air by the German Antarctic Expedition . Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition and...

 in the Gjelsvik Mountains

Gjelsvik Mountains

The Gjelsvik Mountains are a group of mountains about 25 nautical miles long, between the Sverdrup and Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica. With its summit at , the massive Risemedet Mountain forms the highest point in the Gjelsvik Mountains...

, 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...

. Photographed from the air 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...

 (1938–39). Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition

Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition

Norwegian–British–Swedish Antarctic Expedition the first Antarctica expedition involving an international team of scientists...

 (NBSAE) (1949–52) and air photos by the Norwegian expedition (1958–59) and named Nupskammen (the peak

Summit (topography)

In topography, a summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. Mathematically, a summit is a local maximum in elevation...

crest).