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The Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains () is a major group of associated
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 higher t ...
features extending east to west for between the
Gjelsvik Mountains The Gjelsvik Mountains are a group of mountains about long, between the Sverdrup Mountains and the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica. With its summit at , the massive Risemedet Mountain forms the highest point in these ...
and the Orvin Mountains in
Queen Maud Land Queen Maud Land () is a roughly region of Antarctica Territorial claims in Antarctica, claimed by Norway as a dependent territory. It borders the claimed British Antarctic Territory 20th meridian west, 20° west, specifically the Caird Coast, ...
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East Antarctica East Antarctica, also called Greater Antarctica, constitutes the majority (two-thirds) of the Antarctic continent, lying primarily in the Eastern Hemisphere south of the Indian Ocean, and separated from West Antarctica by the Transantarctic ...
. With its
summit A summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. The topographic terms acme, apex, peak (mountain peak), and zenith are synonymous. The term (mountain top) is generally used only for ...
at , the massive Jøkulkyrkja Mountain forms the highest point in the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains.


Discovery and naming

The Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains were discovered by the
Third German Antarctic Expedition Third or 3rd may refer to: Numbers * 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3 * , a fraction of one third * 1⁄60 of a ''second'', i.e., the third in a series of fractional parts in a sexagesimal number system Places * 3rd Street (dis ...
(1938-1939), led by Capt. Alfred Ritscher, and named for the division director of the German Air Ministry. They were remapped by the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956-1960.USGS GNIS: Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains
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Features


Glaciers

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Austreskorve Glacier Austreskorve Glacier () is a broad glacier in the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains which drains north from a position just east of the head of Vestreskorve Glacier and passes along the east side of Breplogen Mountain. It was mapped and named from sur ...
** Kvitholten Hill * Flogeken Glacier * Langflog Glacier * Lunde Glacier * Skålebreen ** Skålebrehalsen Terrace * Sloket Glacier * Tønnesen Glacier * Vestreskorve Glacier ** Hamarglovene Crevasses


Mountains and ranges

* Ahlstad Hills * Breplogen Mountain ** Høgsenga Crags ** Småkovane Cirques * Buddenbrock Range *
Cumulus Mountain Cumulus Mountain () is a mountain, high, immediately north of the Hogsenga Crags in the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains of Queen Maud Land. It was mapped from surveys and air photos by the Sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition The sixth Norwegian Anta ...
* Jøkulkyrkja Mountain ** Jøkulfallet ** Jøkulhest Dome ** Kyrkjetorget ** Larsen Cliffs ** Kyrkjebakken Slope ** Kapellet Canyon ** Katedralen Canyon * Djupedalshausane Peaks * Festninga Mountain ** Austvollen Bluff ** Festningsporten Pass * Gablenz Range ** Mount Grytøyr ** Skigarden Ridge *** Bjørn Spur * Gessner Peak * Habermehl Peak * Håhellerskarvet * Halsknappane Hills * Hamarøya Mountain * Huldreskorvene Peaks * Kyrkjeskipet Peak * Luz Range ** Snøtoa Terrace * Mount Hädrich * Mount Hochlin * Mount Kropotkin * Nikolayev Range * Preuschoff Range * Sloknuten Peak * Snønutane Peaks ** Snønutryggen * Thälmann Mountains


Other

* Djupedalen Valley * Grinda Ridge * Hamarskorvene Bluff * Hoggestabben Butte * Tvibåsen Valley ** Båsbolken Spur * Jaren Crags * Kaye Crest * Kvea Valley *
Kvithamaren Cliff Kvithamaren Cliff () is a cliff just east of Slokstallen Mountain in the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the Sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition T ...
* Kyrkjedalen Valley * Kyrkjedalshalsen Saddle * Langfloget Cliff * Øvrevollen Bluff * Småsponen Nunatak * Snøbjørga Bluff * Torbjørn Rocks * Tussebrekka Slope * Tverrseten Col


See also

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Extreme points of Norway The extreme points of Norway include the coordinates that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location in Norway; and the highest and the lowest altitudes in the country. The northernmost point is Rossøya on Svalbard, the sout ...
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List of mountains of Queen Maud Land This list of mountains of Queen Maud Land contains mountains with a registered elevation of higher than 2000 metres (6561 feet) above sea level. The availability of accurate data for this region is limited, making the list both incomplete and inac ...
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Fimbulheimen Fimbulheimen is a mountain range in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. It stretches from Jutulstraumen by 1° west of Carsten Borchgrevink Ice at 18° east, about 200 km from the ice edge. Fimbulheimen is thus between Maudheim Plateau and Sør-Ro ...
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Sprekkefjellet Sprekkefjellet () is an isolated hill in Antarctica, bearing the appearance of two low rock summits separated by a snow col, located 5 nautical miles (9 km) north of the mouth of Austreskorve Glacier and the main mass of the Muhlig-Hofmann ...
, a hill 9 km away from this location * Stuttfloget Cliff * Styggebrekkufsa Bluff


References


External links


United States Geological Survey, Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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