The Orvin Mountains ( no, Orvinfjella) constitute a major group of

mountain range A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have arise ...

s, extending for about between the

Wohlthat Mountains Wohlthat Mountains (german: Wohlthatmassiv) is a large group of associated mountain features consisting of the Humboldt Mountains, Petermann Ranges, and the Gruber Mountains, located immediately east of the Orvin Mountains in Fimbulheimen in t ...

and the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains in

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 addi ...

. With its summit at , the massive

Sandeggtind Peak Sandeggtind Peak is a tall peak, standing south of Sandho Heights on Sandegga Ridge in the Conrad Mountains, Queen Maud Land. It was discovered and photographed by the Third German Antarctic Expedition (1938–1939), led by Capt. Alfred Ritsc ...

forms the highest point in the Conrad Mountains, a subrange of the Orvin Mountains.

Discovery and naming

First photographed from the air and roughly plotted 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 ...

(1938-1939), led by Capt. Alfred Ritscher. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the

Sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition The sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (''Den norske antarktisekspedisjonen'') was a scientific expedition to Queen Maud Land in Antarctica. The expedition was based at Norway Station () which was located on the Fimbul Ice Shelf bordering the co ...

(1956–60) and named for Anders K. Orvin, director of the Norwegian Polar Institute from 1958 to 1959.

Constituent ranges

Constituent ranges of Orvin Mountains, listed from east to west: * Shcherbakov Range * Mount Dallmann * Conrad Mountains *

Gagarin Mountains The Gagarin Mountains (russian: Khrebet Yuriya Gagarina; no, Kurzefjella) are a linear group of mountains, trending in a north–south direction for between the Kurze Mountains and the Conrad Mountains of the Orvin Mountains in Queen Maud Land, ...

* Kurze Mountains * Drygalski Mountains * Filchner Mountains

References

{{Antarctica topics Mountain ranges of Queen Maud Land

Discovery and naming

Constituent ranges

See also

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