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Kaye Crest () is a ridge lying between the
Preuschoff Range Preuschoff Range () is a mountain range consisting of Mount Hochlin and associated features, lying just west of Kaye Crest in the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains of Queen Maud Land. The name was applied in the general area by the Third German Antarctic ...
and the
Gablenz Range The Gablenz Range () is a mountain range, long, including Skigarden Ridge, Mount Grytoyr and associated features. The range lies between the northern part of the Preuschoff Range and the Luz Range in the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains of Queen Maud La ...
in the
Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains The Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains (german: Mühlig-Hofmann-Gebirge) is a major group of associated mountain features extending east to west for between the Gjelsvik Mountains and the Orvin Mountains in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica. With its s ...
of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. The name "Kaye-Kamm" was given to a linear elevation in this vicinity 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 ...
under
Alfred Ritscher Alfred Ritscher (23 May 1879 in Bad Lauterberg – 30 March 1963 in Hamburg) was a German polar explorer. A ''Kapitän zur See'' in the ''Kriegsmarine'', he led the third German Antarctic Expedition in 1938–39, which mapped the New Swabia (ger ...
, 1938–39. The correlation of the name with this feature may be arbitrary but is recommended for the sake of international uniformity and historical continuity.


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Ridges of Queen Maud Land Princess Martha Coast {{PrincessMarthaCoast-geo-stub