- Orvin Mountains
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Orvin Mountains (Orvinfjella) Range View looking to the west over Glopeken glacier. Glopeken glacier is located in the northern part of the Conrad Mountains, a subrange of the Orvin Mountains.Continent Antarctica Region Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica Part of East Antarctica Ranges Highest point Sandeggtind Peak - elevation 10,023 ft (3,055 m) - coordinates 72°00′00″S 09°00′00″E / 72°S 9°E The Orvin Mountains (Norwegian: Orvinfjella) constitute a major group of mountain ranges, extending for about 65 miles between the Wohlthat Mountains and the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains in Queen Maud Land. With its summit at 3,055 metres (10,023 ft), the massive Sandeggtind Peak forms the highest point in the Conrad Mountains, a subrange of the Orvin Mountains.
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Discovery and naming
First photographed from the air and roughly plotted by the Third German Antarctic Expedition (1938-1939), led by Capt. Alfred Ritscher. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the Sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (1956-60) and named for Anders K. Orvin, director of the Norwegian Polar Institute from 1958 to 1959.[1]
Constituent ranges
Constituent ranges of Orvin Mountains, listed from east to west:
- Shcherbakov Range
- Mount Dallmann
- Conrad Mountains
- Gagarin Mountains
- Kurze Mountains
- Drygalski Mountains
- Filchner Mountains
See also
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This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Orvin Mountains" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).
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