The Asgard Range is a

mountain A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited Summit (topography), summit area, and ...

range in

Victoria Land Victoria Land is a region in eastern Antarctica which fronts the western side of the Ross Sea and the Ross Ice Shelf, extending southward from about 70°30'S to 78°00'S, and westward from the Ross Sea to the edge of the Antarctic Plateau. I ...

Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest contine ...

. It divides

Wright Valley The Wright Valley, named for Sir Charles Wright, is the central one of the three large Dry Valleys in the Transantarctic Mountains, located west of McMurdo Sound at approximately . Wright Valley contains the Onyx River, the longest river in ...

from

Taylor Glacier __NOTOC__ The Taylor Glacier is an Antarctic glacier about long, flowing from the plateau of Victoria Land into the western end of Taylor Valley, north of the Kukri Hills, south of the Asgard Range. The middle part of the glacier is bounded ...

and

Taylor Valley Taylor Valley is the southernmost of the three large McMurdo Dry Valleys in the Transantarctic Mountains, Victoria Land, Antarctica, located west of McMurdo Sound at approximately . The valley extends from Taylor Glacier in the west to McMurdo So ...

, and was named by the

Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition The Antarctic Research Centre (ARC) is part of the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences at Victoria University of Wellington. Its mission is to research " Antarctic climate history and processes, and their influence on the global clim ...

(1958–59) after

Asgard In Nordic mythology, Asgard (Old Norse: ''Ásgarðr'' ; "enclosure of the Æsir") is a location associated with the gods. It appears in a multitude of Old Norse sagas and mythological texts. It is described as the fortified home of the Æsir ...

, the home of the

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Geography

The Asgard Range contains numerous named features such as peaks, valleys, and glaciers, and even some sub-ranges. Many are named after

and mythological figures, in keeping with the name of the range itself.

Mountains

* Ball Peak * Mount Beowulf * Bromley Peak * Brunhilde Peak * Mount Carnes * Mount Darby * Mount Feola *

Mount Freya Mount Freya is a prominent peak east of Mount Thor in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (1958–59) after the Norse goddess Freya In Norse paganism, Frey ...

* Mount Holm-Hansen * Mount Grendal *

Mount Hall Mount Hall () is a rock peak, high, standing southwest of Mount Daniel, surmounting the snow-covered, tabular mountain block which forms the south end of Lillie Range, in the foothills of the Prince Olav Mountains, Antarctica. It was discover ...

Harp Hill Harp Hill () is a detached hill, high, that is triangular in plan, the northwest and southeast sides of which are defined by ridgelike rock exposures, located at the north side of the MacDonald Hills in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land Vict ...

* Harris Peak *

Hetha Peak Hetha Peak () is a peak, , situated northeast of Mount Saga on the ridge bounding the west side of Newall Glacier, Asgard Range, McMurdo Dry Valleys. In association with the names from Norse mythology grouped in this range, named by the New Zeal ...

Hind Turret Hind Turret () is a peak at the south (hind) side of Obelisk Mountain in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. The descriptive name, suggestive of the appearance and position of this peak, was recommended by the Advisory Committee on Anta ...

Hoehn Peak Hoehn Peak is a peak rising to at the head of Matterhorn Glacier on Roa Ridge; the peak marks the southern end of Morelli Ridge in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (1997) af ...

Hoffman Peak Hoffman Peak () is a peak rising to north-northeast of Mount McLennan in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named by the New Zealand Geographic Board (1998) after J.H. (Jack) Hoffman, a drilling specialist who helped establish t ...

Idun Peak Idun Peak () is a small peak between Mount Thundergut and Veli Peak in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. The name, recommended by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in consultation with the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Co ...

* Mount Irvine *

Mount Jord Mount Jord () is a peak, high, located northwest of Hetha Peak on the ridge between Hart Glacier and Goodspeed Glacier, in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. In association with names from Norse mythology grouped in this range, it ...

Mount Knox Mount Knox () is a peak rising to about at the west extremity of the MacDonald Hills in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It is found on the north side of Taylor Valley. It was named by the New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB) in 199 ...

Mount Loke Mount Loke () is a horn shaped peak on the south wall of Wright Valley, standing between Goodspeed Glacier and Denton Glacier in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Exped ...

* Lyons Cone *

Matterhorn The (, ; it, Cervino, ; french: Cervin, ; rm, Matterhorn) is a mountain of the Alps, straddling the main watershed and border between Switzerland and Italy. It is a large, near-symmetric pyramidal peak in the extended Monte Rosa area of the ...

* Mattox Bastion * Mount Newall * Obelisk Mountain *

Mount Odin Mount Odin is a mountain in Qikiqtaaluk, Nunavut, Canada. It is located in Auyuittuq National Park along the Akshayuk Pass, north of Pangnirtung and south of Mount Asgard. Mount Odin is the highest mountain on Baffin Island. Mount Odin is t ...

* Oliver Peak * Panorama Peak *

Perk Summit Perk Summit () is a mountain peak, 1,750 m, that is the highest elevation on the ridge between Mount McLennan and Mount Keohane, in Asgard Range, Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1997) after Henry Perk ...

* Ponder Peak * Mount Saga, Siegfried Peak * Siegmund Peak * Mount Thundergut *

Mount Thor Mount Thor, officially gazetted as Thor Peak ( iu, ᙯᕐᓱᐊᓗᒃ ''Qaisualuk'' "huge bedrock" or iu, ᑭᒍᑎᙳᐊᖅ ''Kigutinnguaq'' "tooth-like"), is a mountain with an elevation of located in Auyuittuq National Park, on Baffin Islan ...

* Twickler Cone * Mount Ulla * Utgard Peak * Mount Valhalla * Mount Valkyrie * Veli Peak * Vishniac Peak *

Vogler Peak Vogler Peak () is a rock peak (2,050 m) 0.75 mile southwest of Mount Irvine on Roa Ridge in Asgard Range, Victoria Land. Named for Jane Vogler, National Science Foundation (NSF) program manager, who was NSF Science Representative at M ...

* Webb Peak * Wolak Peak

Glaciers

* Alberich Glacier *

Bartley Glacier Bartley Glacier () is a hanging glacier on the south wall of Wright Valley in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, just west of Meserve Glacier. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for construction driver Ollie B. Bartley, U ...

* Beowulf Glacier * Conrow Glacier *

Commonwealth Glacier Commonwealth Glacier is a glacier which flows in a southeasterly direction and enters the northern side of Taylor Valley immediately west of Mount Coleman, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was charted by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910� ...

* Decker Glacier * Ferguson Glacier *

Fountain Glacier Fountain Glacier () is a glacier between Nylen Glacier and Catspaw Glacier in the Asgard Range, McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. It flows south into Pearse Valley. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (2004) after Andrew G. ...

* Godwit Glacier * Heimdall Glacier * Meserve Glacier * Mime Glacier * Newall Glacier * Norris Glacier *

Nylen Glacier Nylen Glacier () is a narrow glacier between Schlatter Glacier and Fountain Glacier in Asgard Range, McMurdo Dry Valleys; it flows south into Pearse Valley. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2004) after Thomas H. Nylen, U ...

* Repeater Glacier * Schlatter Glacier * Sykes Glacier * Valhalla Glacier *

Wright Lower Glacier Wright Lower Glacier () is a stagnant glacier occupying the mouth of Wright Valley and coalescing at its east side with Wilson Piedmont Glacier, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. The glacier was originally called "Wright Glacier" by the British Antar ...

Wright Upper Glacier Wright Upper Glacier () is an ice apron at the upper west end of Wright Valley in Asgard Range, Antarctica. It is formed by a glacier flowing east from the inland ice plateau. Named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VU ...

Valleys

* David Valley * Donner Valley * Fenrir Valley * Hallet Valley * Jotunheim Valley *

Koenig Valley Koenig Valley () is an ice-free valley just east of Mount Thor in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Ervon R. Koenig, who Managed Contractor support operations staff and the ...

* Nibelungen Valley * Njord Valley *

Pearse Valley Pearse Valley () is an ice-free valley long, lying immediately west of Catspaw Glacier, at the south side of the Asgard Range in Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-AC ...

* Sessrumnir Valley * Tiw Valley * Tyrol Valley

Other features

* Colosseum Cliff * Flint Ridge * Gallagher Ridge * Hess Mesa * Horowitz Ridge * Hothem Cliffs * Inland Forts * Kottmeier Mesa * Linnaeus Terrace *

Martin Cirque Martin Cirque () is a prominent cirque, northwest of Mount Newall, in the Asgard Range, Antarctica. It occupies the south wall of Wright Valley between Denton Glacier and Nichols Ridge. The cirque is wide and its floor, at an elevation of , is nea ...

MacDonald Hills The MacDonald Hills () are a compact group of exposed rock hills in the Asgard Range, east of Commonwealth Glacier on the north side of lower Taylor Valley, Victoria Land, Antarctica. They are separated from Hjorth Hill by Quinn Gully. The hil ...

Morelli Ridge Roa Ridge () is a bow-shaped ridge, long in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. For much of its extent, it separates Matterhorn Glacier and Lacroix Glacier. From northwest to southeast, summits on the ridge include Vogler Peak, Mount ...

* Mudrey Cirque *

Nichols Ridge Nichols Ridge () is a rock ridge between Denton Glacier and Decker Glacier in east Asgard Range, Victoria Land. The feature descends from heights north of Mount Newall to the snout of Wright Lower Glacier at the east end of Wright Valley. Named by ...

Plane Table A plane table (plain table prior to 1830) is a device used in surveying site mapping, exploration mapping, coastal navigation mapping, and related disciplines to provide a solid and level surface on which to make field drawings, charts and maps. ...

* Pukeko Pond *

Roa Ridge Roa Ridge () is a bow-shaped ridge, long in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. For much of its extent, it separates Matterhorn Glacier and Lacroix Glacier. From northwest to southeast, summits on the ridge include Vogler Peak, Mount Ir ...

* Tractor Corner * Unwin Ledge

Gallery

File:Antarctica Hiking the Commonwealth Glacier.jpg,

File:Asgard_Range_NSF_photo.jpg, Unspecified peak in the Asgard Range

References

* Mountain ranges of Victoria Land McMurdo Dry Valleys {{McMurdoDryValleys-geo-stub