Hansen Mountains ( no, Hansenfjella) is a large group of
nunatak
A nunatak (from Inuit ''nunataq'') is the summit or ridge of a mountain that protrudes from an ice field or glacier that otherwise covers most of the mountain or ridge. They are also called glacial islands. Examples are natural pyramidal peaks. ...
s rising to about above the
Antarctic
The Antarctic ( or , American English also or ; commonly ) is a polar region around Earth's South Pole, opposite the Arctic region around the North Pole. The Antarctic comprises the continent of Antarctica, the Kerguelen Plateau and other ...
plateau. The mountains are approximately south of
Stefansson Bay Stefansson Bay is a bay indenting the coast for between Law Promontory and Fold Island. Mawson of the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) applied the name to a sweep of the coast west of Cape Wilkins which he obs ...
and they extend from northwest to southeast in
Kemp Land
Kemp Land is a thin sliver of Antarctica including, and lying inland from, the Kemp Coast. Part of the Australian Antarctic Territory, Australian Antarctic claim it is defined as lying between 56° 25' E and 59° 34' E, and, as with other sectors ...
,
East Antarctica
East Antarctica, also called Greater Antarctica, constitutes the majority (two-thirds) of the Antarctic continent, lying on the Indian Ocean side of the continent, separated from West Antarctica by the Transantarctic Mountains. It lies almost ...
. The Hansen Mountains were first mapped by
Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the 1936–1937
Lars Christensen Expedition. They were named for H.E. Hansen, the Norwegian cartographer who compiled the maps for this and other Norwegian Antarctic expeditions.
Standing at , their highest peak is
Mount Gjeita, known in
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
n sources as Mount Banfield.
Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1446
/ref> Their northernmost peak is called Fram Peak, named "Framfjellet" (the forward peak) by the personnel of the Lars Christensen Expedition.
See also
*Billingane Peaks The Billingane Peaks () are a cluster of four peaks, about east-southeast of See Nunatak at the eastern end of the Hansen Mountains in Antarctica. They were mapped and named by Norwegian cartographers working from air photos taken by the Lars Chris ...
, located east-southeast of See Nunatak at the eastern end of the Hansen Mountains
*Galtefjellet Galtefjellet () is the southeastern of two rock outliers on the south side of Purka Mountain in the Hansen Mountains Hansen Mountains ( no, Hansenfjella) is a large group of nunataks rising to about above the Antarctic plateau. The mountains are ...
, southeastern of two rock outliers on the south side of Purka Mountain in the Hansen Mountains
* Melfjellet, rock outcrop in the eastern part of the Hansen Mountains
References
External links
Nunataks of Kemp Land
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