Seilkopf Peaks is a group of mainly ice-free peaks and ridges between Portalen Pass

Portalen Pass

Portalen Pass is a mountain pass between Domen Butte and Pilarryggen, in the Borg Massif of Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition and named Portalen ....

 and Nalegga Ridge

Nalegga Ridge

Nalegga Ridge is a narrow rock ridge marking the north end of Seilkopf Peaks in the Borg Massif, Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition and named Nalegga ....

 in the Borg Massil, 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 was photograph 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) and named for Heinrich Seilkopf

Heinrich Seilkopf

Heinrich Seilkopf was a German meteorologist.From March 1916 to March 1919 he was a research assistant at the weather office in Berlin and until the end of the year scientific assistant at the Meteorological Observatory in Essen.From 1920 to March 1946 he was a meteorologist at the German Naval...

, head of the marine aerology section of the Deutsche Seewarte (German Hydrographic Office) in Hamburg. Although rudely mapped by German Antarctic Expedition, the Seilkopf Peaks are clearly shown and identified in air photos published by the expedition. The peaks were mapped in detail by the 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).