The Betekhtin Range () is a
mountain range
A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have arise ...
about long, forming the southern arm of the
Humboldt Mountains in
Queen Maud Land. It was discovered and plotted from air photos by the
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 a ...
, 1938–39, mapped from air photos and from surveys by the
Sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition The sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (''Den norske antarktisekspedisjonen'') was a scientific expedition to Queen Maud Land in Antarctica. The expedition was based at Norway Station () which was located on the Fimbul Ice Shelf bordering the coa ...
, 1956–60, and remapped by the
Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1960–61, and named after Soviet Academician
A.G. Betekhtin.
References
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Mountain ranges of Queen Maud Land
Humboldt Mountains (Antarctica)
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