The Queen Maud Mountains are a major group of

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and subordinate features of the

Transantarctic Mountains The Transantarctic Mountains (abbreviated TAM) comprise a mountain range of uplifted (primarily sedimentary rock, sedimentary) rock in Antarctica which extend, with some interruptions, across the continent from Cape Adare in northern Victoria La ...

, lying between the

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and

Reedy Glacier The Reedy Glacier is a major glacier in Antarctica, over 160 km (100 mi) long and from 10 to 19 km (6 to 12 mi) wide, descending from the polar plateau to the Ross Ice Shelf between the Michigan Plateau and Wisconsin Range, and ...

s and including the area from the head of the

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to the

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. Captain

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and his

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party ascended Axel Heiberg Glacier near the central part of this group in November 1911, naming these mountains for the Norwegian queen

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. Despite the name, they are not located within

Queen Maud Land Queen Maud Land ( no, Dronning Maud Land) is a roughly region of Antarctica claimed by Norway as a dependent territory. It borders the claimed British Antarctic Territory 20° west and the Australian Antarctic Territory 45° east. In addit ...

. Elevations bordering the Beardmore Glacier, at the western extremity of these mountains, were observed by the British expeditions led by

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(1907–09) and

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(1910-13), but the mountains as a whole were mapped by several American expeditions led by

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(1930s and 1940s), and

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(USARP) and

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(NZARP) expeditions from the 1950s through the 1970s.

Features

Geographical features include:

Barton Mountains

Bush Mountains

Commonwealth Range

Dominion Range

Gothic Mountains

Grosvenor Mountains

Hays Mountains

Herbert Range

Hughes Range

La Gorce Mountains

Prince Olav Mountains

Quarles Range

Rawson Mountains

Supporters Range

Tapley Mountains

Other features

* Amphibole Peak *

Amundsen Glacier Amundsen Glacier () is a major Antarctic glacier, about 7 to 11 km (4 to 6 nmi) wide and 150 km (80 nmi) long, originating on the polar plateau where it drains the area to the south and west of Nilsen Plateau, and descendin ...

* Amundsen Icefall * Anderson Ridge * Barracouta Ridge * Bartlett Bench * Beck Peak * Breyer Mesa * Butchers Spur * Bynum Peak * Cascade Bluff * Cenotaph Hill *

Chevron Rocks Chevron Rocks () is a distinctive rock outcrop at the north end of Retrospect Spur, near the head of Hood Glacier in the Queen Maud Mountains. A New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Oc ...

* Christy Glacier *

Collinson Ridge The Cumulus Hills () are several groups of largely barren hills in Antarctica. Divided by the Logie Glacier, they are bounded by Shackleton Glacier on the west, McGregor Glacier on the north and Zaneveld Glacier on the south. The exposed rock in ...

Coloured Peak The Medina Peaks () are rugged, mainly ice-free, peaks surmounting a ridge long, extending north along the east side of Goodale Glacier to the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Some of the peaks were first seen and roughly mapped by the Byrd ...

* Cowie Dome *

Crack Bluff Nilsen Plateau () is a rugged, ice-covered plateau in Antarctica. When including Fram Mesa, the plateau is about 30 nautical miles (60 km) long and 1 to 12 nautical miles (22 km) wide, rising to 3,940 m between the upper reaches of the Am ...

* Crilly Hill *

Cunningham Glacier Canyon Glacier () is a narrow glacier, long, flowing to the Ross Ice Shelf. It drains the northwest slopes of Mount Wexler and moves northward between steep canyon walls of the Separation Range and Hughes Range to join the ice shelf immediately ...

* Curtis Peaks * Davis Hills * Dick Glacier * Dunn Spur * Epidote Peak * Epler Glacier * Erb Range * Erickson Glacier * Faulkner Escarpment * Feeney Col * Fernette Peak *

Ford Spur Ford Spur () is a prominent spur which marks the southwestern extremity of Haynes Table, and the confluence of Keltie Glacier and Brandau Glacier in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica. It was named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic ...

* Forman Glacier *

Fram Mesa Fram Mesa () is a high, ice-capped mesa, long and wide, that forms the northeastern portion of Nilsen Plateau in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica. The feature may have been seen by Amundsen in 1911, and it was observed and partially mapped ...

Fulgham Ridge Ramsey Glacier () is a glacier about 45 nautical miles (80 km) long, originating in the Bush Mountains near the edge of the polar plateau and flowing north to the Ross Ice Shelf eastward of Den Hartog Peak. Discovered by the United States Antar ...

* Fuller Dome * Garcia Point * Gardner Ridge * Gerasimou Glacier * Gjelsvik Peak *

Goodale Glacier Amundsen Glacier () is a major Antarctica, Antarctic glacier, about 7 to 11 km (4 to 6 nmi) wide and 150 km (80 nmi) long, originating on the polar plateau where it drains the area to the south and west of Nilsen Plateau, and ...

* Gray Peak * Gregory Ridge * Haas Glacier * Hansen Spur *

Hare Peak The Barton Mountains () are a group of mountains located south of the Commonwealth Range and the Hughes Range and bounded by Keltie Glacier, Brandau Glacier, Leigh Hunt Glacier, and Snakeskin Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Exploration an ...

* Held Glacier *

Holdsworth Glacier Holdsworth Glacier () is a tributary glacier about long, flowing northeast from Fuller Dome to enter the southeast side of Bartlett Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains The Queen Maud Mountains are a major group of mountains, ranges and subo ...

* Howe Glacier * Husky Dome * Husky Heights * June Nunatak * Keel Hill * Kitching Ridge * Kranz Peak * Kutschin Peak * Layman Peak *

Lee Peak Lee Peak () is a peak along the west side of Scott Glacier, north of Mount Denauro, in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–64, and was named by ...

* Lindstrøm Peak * Liv Glacier * McCuistion Glacier * McDonough Nunataks *

McNally Peak McNally Peak () is a peak high, standing west of Mount Farley, near the southeast side of Holdsworth Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Commander Joseph John McNally ...

Moffett Glacier Moffett Glacier () is a tributary glacier, long, flowing east from Rawson Plateau to enter Amundsen Glacier just south of Mount Benjamin, in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica. it was discovered by Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd on the South Po ...

* Moraine Canyon * Mount Alice Gade * Mount Amherst * Mount Andrews * Mount Behling * Mount Benjamin * Mount Bennett *

Mount Bjaaland Mount Bjaaland () is a rock peak (2,675 m), the southeasternmost summit of the massif at the head of Amundsen Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains. In November 1911, a number of mountain peaks in this general vicinity were observed and rudely posi ...

Mount Blackburn Mount Blackburn is the highest peak in the Wrangell Mountains of Alaska in the United States. It is the fifth-highest peak in the United States and the twelfth-highest peak in North America. The mountain is an old, eroded shield volcano, the se ...

* Mount Blood * Mount Bowlin *

Mount Bowser Nilsen Plateau () is a rugged, ice-covered plateau in Antarctica. When including Fram Mesa, the plateau is about 30 nautical miles (60 km) long and 1 to 12 nautical miles (22 km) wide, rising to 3,940 m between the upper reaches of the Am ...

* Mount Clarke * Mount Clough *

Mount Cole The Erb Range () is a rugged mountain range rising to between Kosco Glacier and Shackleton Glacier in the Queen Maud Mountains, and extending north from Anderson Heights to Mount Speed on the west side of the Ross Ice Shelf. Discovery and namin ...

* Mount Cope * Mount Czegka * Mount Danforth * Mount Deardorff *

Mount Denauro Mount Denauro () is a mountain, high, standing on the west side of Scott Glacier, 3 nautical miles (6 km) south of Lee Peak, in the Queen Maud Mountains. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air ph ...

* Mount Dockery *

Mount Don Pedro Christophersen Mount Don Pedro Christophersen () is a massive, largely ice-covered, gabled mountain, high, surmounting the divide between the heads of Axel Heiberg Glacier and Cooper Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains. It was discovered in 1911 by Roald Amun ...

* Mount Ehrenspeck * Mount Ellsworth *

Mount Fairweather Mount Fairweather (officially gazetted as Fairweather Mountain in Canada but referred to as Mount Fairweather), is the highest mountain in the Canadian province of British Columbia, with an elevation of . It is located east of the Pacific Ocean ...

Mount Farley Mount Farley () is a conspicuous rock peak, high, standing at the west side of Scott Glacier, east of McNally Peak, in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica. It was discovered in December 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party ...

* Mount Ferguson *

Mount Fridtjof Nansen Mount Fridtjof Nansen is a high massive mountain which dominates the area between the heads of Strom and Axel Heiberg Glaciers, in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica. Discovered by Roald Amundsen Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen ...

* Mount Gardiner * Mount Hanssen *

Mount Harkness Mount Harkness () is a mountain, high, standing south of the Organ Pipe Peaks and forming part of the east wall of Scott Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica. It was discovered in December 1934 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition ge ...

Mount Hassel Mount Hassel () is a rock peak high, the northeasternmost summit of the massif at the head of Amundsen Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica. In November 1911, a number of mountain peaks in this general vicinity were observed and r ...

Mount Hermanson Mount Hermanson () is an ice-covered mountain in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica, high, standing at the head of Cunningham Glacier, southwest of Gray Peak. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Captain J.M. Herm ...

* Mount Innes-Taylor * Mount Johnstone * Mount Kendrick * Mount Kristensen * Mount Maloney * Mount McKercher * Mount Meeks * Mount Nansen * Mount Nelson * Mount Noville * Mount Orndorff *

Mount Prestrud Mount Prestrud () is an Antarctic peak over 2,400 m which rises from the southwestern part of the massif at the head of Amundsen Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains. In November 1911, a number of mountain peaks in this general vicinity were obse ...

* Mount Przywitowski * Mount Pulitzer * Mount Redifer * Mount Riley * Mount Roland * Mount Rosenwald * Mount Russell * Mount Ruth * Mount Saltonstall * Mount Schevill * Mount Stubberud * Mount Suarez * Mount Sundbeck * Mount Toth *

Mount Valinski The Hughes Range is a high massive north–south trending mountain range in Antarctica, surmounted by six prominent summits, of which Mount Kaplan (4,230 m) is the highest. The range is located east of Canyon Glacier in the Queen Maud Mountains an ...

* Mount Verlautz * Mount Warden * Mount Wasko * Mount Wilbur * Mount Wisting * Muck Glacier * Munizaga Peak *

Nilsen Plateau Nilsen Plateau () is a rugged, ice-covered plateau in Antarctica. When including Fram Mesa, the plateau is about 30 nautical miles (60 km) long and 1 to 12 nautical miles (22 km) wide, rising to 3,940 m between the upper reaches of the Amu ...

* Norway Glacier *

Olds Peak Olds Peak () is a peak (1,480 m) standing 6 nautical miles (11 km) northeast of Mount Kenney in the south part of Longhorn Spurs, Queen Maud Mountains. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Commander Corwin A. Olds, U. ...

* Olsen Crags * Pallid Peak * Parker Bluff * Patterson Peak * Pegmatite Peak * Pendant Ridge * Polaris Peak * Poulter Glacier *

Price Bluff The La Gorce Mountains () are a group of mountains, spanning , standing between the tributary Robison Glacier and Klein Glacier at the east side of the upper reaches of the Scott Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica. They were disco ...

* Rawson Mountains *

Rawson Plateau The Rawson Plateau is an ice-covered plateau, long and high, rising between the heads of Bowman Glacier, Moffett Glacier and Steagall Glacier in the Queen Maud Mountains. It was mapped by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (ByrdAE), 1928–30, and ...

* Red Raider Rampart *

* Reid Spur * Roaring Cliffs * Robinson Bluff * Sagehen Nunataks * Schmidt Peak *

Scudder Mountain The Gothic Mountains () is a group of mountains, long, in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica, located west of Watson Escarpment and bounded by Scott Glacier (Transantarctic Mountains), Scott Glacier, Albanus Glacier, and Griffith Glacier. ...

* Seabee Heights *

Shackleton Glacier Shackleton Glacier is a major Antarctica, Antarctic glacier, over long and from 8 to 16 km (5 to 10 mi) wide, descending from the polar plateau from the vicinity of Roberts Massif and flowing north through the Queen Maud Mountains to e ...

* Sheridan Bluff * Simmonds Peak *

Simplicity Hill Simplicity Hill () is a small ice-free hill rising 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Crilly Hill, at the north side of McGregor Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains. So named by the Texas Tech Shackleton Glacier Expedition The Texas Tech Shackleton Glac ...

* Steagall Glacier *

Sverre Hassel Sverre Helge Hassel (30 July 1876 – 6 June 1928) was a Norwegian polar explorer and one of the first five people to reach the South Pole. Biography Sverre Hassel was born in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway. As soon as he was old enough, ...

* Szabo Bluff * Tate Glacier * Taylor Nunatak * Taylor Ridge * Teller Peak * Thomas Spur * Thrinaxodon Col *

Titan Dome The Queen Maud Mountains are a major group of mountains, mountain range, ranges and subordinate features of the Transantarctic Mountains, lying between the Beardmore Glacier, Beardmore and Reedy Glaciers and including the area from the head of th ...

* Tongue Peak * Van Reeth Glacier * Waldron Spurs * Watson Escarpment * Waugh Peak * Webster Knob * Witalis Peak * Yeats Glacier

References

{{Authority control Transantarctic Mountains Mountain ranges of Marie Byrd Land Mountain ranges of the Ross Dependency