The Tula Mountains are a group of extensive

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s lying immediately eastward of

Amundsen Bay Amundsen Bay, also known as Ice Bay, is a long embayment wide, close west of the Tula Mountains in Enderby Land, Antarctica. The bay was seen as a large pack-filled recession in the coastline by Sir Douglas Mawson on 14 January 1930. Seen by Capta ...

in Enderby Land,

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. They were discovered on January 14, 1930, by the

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(BANZARE) under

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and named "Tula Range" by him after John Biscoe's brig, the ''Tula'', from which Biscoe discovered Enderby Land in 1831. The term "mountains" was recommended for the group following an ANARE (

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) sledge survey in 1958 by G.A. Knuckey.

Named Tula mountains

Mount Bartlett Mount Bartlett () is a mountain 3 nautical miles (6 km) southeast of Mount Storer, in the Tula Mountains in Enderby Land. It was plotted from air photos taken from ANARE ( Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) aircraft in 1956 a ...

Mount Bond Mount Bond is a mountain located in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The mountain is named after Professor George P. Bond (1825–1865) of Harvard University, and is the southernmost extension of the Twin Range of the White Mount ...

Mount Degerfeldt Mount Degerfeldt () is a mountain south of Mount Storer, in the Tula Mountains in Enderby Land. It was plotted from air photos taken from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions aircraft in 1956 and 1957, and was named by the Antarcti ...

Mount Denham Mount Denham () is a mountain 1 nautical mile (2 km) northwest of Mount Keyser, in the eastern part of the Tula Mountains in Enderby Land. It was plotted from air photos taken from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions aircraft ...

Mount Dungey Mount Dungey () is a mountain west of Pythagoras Peak in the Tula Mountains, Enderby Land, Antarctica. It was plotted from air photos taken from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions aircraft in 1956, and was named by the Antarctic N ...

Mount Hampson Mount Hampson is a mountain north of Mount Rhodes, in the northern part of the Tula Mountains in Enderby Land, Antarctica. It was plotted from air photos taken from Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions aircraft in 1956, and was name ...

* Mount Hardy * Mount Harvey *

Mount Henksen Mount Henksen () is an elongated mountain with several peaks, standing between Peacock Ridge and Mount Parviainen in the northern part of the Tula Mountains in Enderby Land, Antarctica. It was plotted from air photos taken from Australian Nationa ...

* Mount Keyser * Mount King * Mount Letten * Mount Lunde * Mount Mateer * Mount Morrison * Mount Parviainen * Mount Porteus * Pythagoras Peak * Mount Reed * Mount Renouard * Mount Rhodes * Mount Riiser-Larsen * Mount Ryder *

Mount Selwood Mount Selwood () is a mountain 5 nautical miles (9 km) northeast of Pythagoras Peak, in the Tula Mountains in Enderby Land. It was plotted from air photos taken from ANARE ( Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) aircraft in 1956 ...

* Mount Shirshov *

Mount Sones Mount Sones () is a mountain standing on the north side of Beaver Glacier, two nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Mount Reed in the Tula Mountains in Enderby Land, Antarctica. The mountain was plotted from air photos taken by ANARE ( Australian ...

Mount Storer Mount Storer () is a jagged peak in the Tula Mountains, 4 nautical miles (7 km) east-northeast of Mount Harvey. It was sighted from Observation Island in October 1956 by an ANARE ( Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) party le ...

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Mountain ranges of Enderby Land {{EnderbyLand-geo-stub

Named Tula mountains

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