The Lazarev Mountains () are a chain of
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 area, and is usually highe ...
s in Antarctica. They extend along the west side of
Matusevich Glacier
Matusevich Glacier is a broad glacier about long, with a well developed glacier tongue, flowing to the coast of East Antarctica between the Lazarev Mountains and the northwestern extremity of the Wilson Hills.
Geography
The glacier flows towar ...
southward of
Eld Peak
Eld Peak () is a prominent peak, high, rising southeast of Reynolds Peak on the west side of Matusevich Glacier in Antarctica. Two conical peaks were sighted in the area from the ''Peacock'' on 16 January 1840, by Passed Midshipmen Henry Eld a ...
, and are about long. The mountains were photographed from the air by U.S. Navy
Operation Highjump (1946–1947), the
Soviet Antarctic Expedition
The Soviet Antarctic Expedition (SAE or SovAE) (russian: Советская антарктическая экспедиция, САЭ, ''Sovetskaya antarkticheskaya ekspeditsiya'') was part of the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute of the S ...
(1957–1958) and an
Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition (1959). They were named by the Soviet expedition after Lieutenant
Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev
Admiral Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev (russian: Михаил Петрович Лазарев, 3 November 1788 – 11 April 1851) was a Russian fleet commander and an explorer.
Education and early career
Lazarev was born in Vladimir, a scion of the ...
, commander of the
sloop ''
Mirnyy'' of the
Bellingshausen Bellingshausen may refer to:
* Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen (1778–1852), Baltic German explorer and officer in the Russian navy, after whom are named:
** Bellingshausen Plate, a tectonic plate
** Bellingshausen Sea, off the Antarctic Penins ...
expedition (1819–1821).
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References
Mountain ranges of Oates Land
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