Sverdrup Mountains

Sverdrup Mountains
Sverdrupfjella
Map depicting the territorial extent of Queen Maud Land
Highest point
Peak	Mount Krüger
Elevation	8,711 ft (2,655 m)
Coordinates	72°20′S 01°00′E / 72.333°S 1.000°E / -72.333; 1.000Coordinates: 72°20′S 01°00′E / 72.333°S 1.000°E / -72.333; 1.000
Geography
Continent	Antarctica
State/Province	Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica
Parent range	Fimbulheimen

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.

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 (NBSAE), 1949–1952

Luncke Expedition, 1958–1959

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Sverdrup Mountains" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).