Elevation 8,711 ft (2,655 m) Peak Mount Krüger | Continent Antarctica Parent range Fimbulheimen | |
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State/Province Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica Similar Gjelsvik Mountains, Mühlig‑Hofmann Mountains, Jutulsessen, Mount Hochlin | ||
The Sverdrup Mountains (Norwegian: Sverdrupfjella) are a group of mountains about 80 km (50 mi) long, standing just west of the Gjelsvik Mountains in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica. With its summit at 2,655 metres (8,711 ft), the massive Mount Krüger forms the highest point in the Sverdrup Mountains.
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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