Fimbulheimen Explained

Fimbulheimen
Map:	Antarctica
Highest:	Jøkulkyrkja
Elevation M:	3148

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-Rondane.

Dronning Maud's highest mountain, Jøkulkyrkja (elevation 3148 m), is located in Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains in Fimbulheimen. The name comes from Fimbulvetr, the harsh winter immediately preceding Ragnarok in Norse mythology.

A number of smaller ranges and mountain areas constitutes Fimbulheimen, from west to east:

• Gburek Peaks -72.1667°N -0.2667°W
• Sverdrup Mountains -72.3667°N 0.6667°W
• Gjelsvik Mountains -72.0833°N 2.8333°W
• Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains -72°N 5.5°W
• Orvin Mountains -71.9167°N 9°W
  • Filchner Mountains -72°N 7.5°W
  • Drygalski Mountains -71.7833°N 8.25°W
  • Kurze Mountains -71.8333°N 9°W
  • Gagarin Mountains -71.9667°N 9.3833°W
  • Conrad Mountains -71.8333°N 9.7°W
  • Mount Dallmann -71.75°N 10.3333°W
• Wohlthat Mountains -71.6667°N 12.1667°W
  • Humboldt Mountains -71.6667°N 11.5°W
  • Petermann Ranges -71.6833°N 12.4167°W
  • Gruber Mountains -71.3667°N 13.4167°W
• Hoel Mountains -72°N 14°W
  • Weyprecht Mountains -72°N 13.5°W
  • Payer Mountains -72°N 14.5°W
• Lomonosov Mountains -71.55°N 15.4°W

The Norwegian research station Troll is located by Jutulsessen Mountain west in Fimbulheimen, while the ornithological field station Tor is about 100 km further east at Svarthamaren Mountain in Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains.

Large parts of the area were mapped by the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition 1956-60. The Norwegian Polar Institute has published twelve map sheets of Fimbulheimen in scale 1:250 000.^[1]

References

-72°N 35°W

Notes and References

1. http://npweb.npolar.no/english/subjects/kartdronningmaudland Mapping of Dronning Maud Land