Sverdrup Mountains
Introduction The '''Sverdrup Mountains''' () are a group of mountains about  long, standing just west of the Gjelsvik Mountains in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica. With its summit at , Hamartind Peak forms the highest point in the Sverdrup Mountains.
Discovery and naming First photographed from the air and roughly plotted by the Third German Antarctic Expedition (3rd GAE), 1938–1939.Mapped in detail by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and aerial photographs taken by the Norwegian–British–Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE), and again by a later Norwegian expedition. Named for Harald Sverdrup, Chairman of the Norwegian Committee for the NBSAE.
Norwegian–British–Swedish Antarctic Expedition Norwegian–British–Swedish Antarctic Expedition (NBSAE), 1949–1952
Norwegian Expedition Luncke Expedition, 1958–1959
List of important geographical features of the Sverdrup Mountains Name of featureCoordinatesAltitudeDiscoveryNotes Alan Peak   3rd GAE A peak at the west side of the mouth of Reece Valley, in the southern part of the Sverdrup Mountains. Remapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and aerial photographs taken by the NBSAE and later by the NE. Named for Alan Reece, geologist of the NBSAE, and earlier with the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). Barkley Mountains   3rd GAE Remapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and aerial photographs taken by the NBSAE and later by the NE. Named for Erich Barkley, biologist of the 3rd GAE. Brattskarvet Mountain  2100 meters 3rd GAE Remapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and aerial photographs taken by the NBSAE and later by the NE. Named Brattskarvet (the steep mountain). Fuglefjellet   3rd GAE  east of Mount Roer. Remapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and aerial photographs taken by the NBSAE and later by the NE. Named Fuglefjellet (the bird mountain). Gburek Peaks   3rd GAE A group of rocky elevations including Straumsvola Mountain and Jutulrora Mountain, forming the western end of the Sverdrup Mountains. Remapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and aerial photographs taken by the NBSAE and later by the NE. Named for Leo Gburek, geophysicist of the 3rd GAE. Hamartind Peak     Isingen Mountain     Joungane Peaks     Jutulrora Mountain     Kvitho Peak     Kvithovden Peak     Kvitkjolen Ridge     Kvitsvodene Valley    Mount Brandt     Mount Krüger  2655 meters 3rd GAE The summit of '''Krügerfjellet''',  southwest of Kvitho Peak, is the highest point in the Sverdrup Mountains. Named for Walter Krüger, meteorological assistant on the 3rd GAE. Mount Roer     Nupskapa Peak     Oppkuven Peak     Paulsen Mountains   3rd GAE A group of mountains including Brattskarvet Mountain, Vendeholten Mountain and Tverrveggen Ridge, located in the northern part of the Sverdrup Mountains. Named for Karl-Heinz Paulsen, oceanographer on the expedition. Rogstad Glacier    Romlingane Peaks     Salknappen Peak     Snarby Peak     Sorhausane Peaks     Storjoen Peak     Straumsvola Mountain     Tverrveggen Ridge   3rd GAE Remapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and aerial photographs taken by the NBSAE and later by the NE. Named Tverrveggen (the transverse wall). Tvora     Vendeholten Mountain
See also * List of mountains of Queen Maud Land* Nils Plain
References
External links *  United States Geological Survey, Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)