Liebknecht Range Explained

Country Type:Continent
Region Type:Region
Region:Queen Maud Land
Map:Antarctica

The Liebknecht Range is a mountain range, long, forming the southwest arm of the Humboldt Mountains in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.

Exploration and naming

The Liebknecht Range was discovered and plotted from air photos by the German Antarctic Expedition (1938–1939) (GerAE).It was mapped from air photos and surveys by Sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition (NoeAE), 1956–60. It was remapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (SovAE), 1960–61, and named after the German revolutionary Karl Liebknecht.

Features

Features of the Liebknecht Range include:

Mount Deryugin

-71.85°N 31°W. Mountain, high, on Vindegga Spur in the Liebknecht Range. Discovered and plotted from air photos by GerAE, 1938-39. Mapped from air photos and surveys by NorAE, 1956-60.Remapped by SovAE, 1960-61, and named after Soviet zoologist K.M. Deryugin.

Arsen'yev Rocks

-71.85°N 23°W. Rock outcrops lying among the morainal deposits west of Mount Deryugin in the Liebknecht Range. Mapped from air photos and surveys by SovAE, 1960-61, and named after Russian geographer K.I. Arsen'yev.

Abolin Rock

-71.8333°N 27°W. Large rock outcrop lying west of the north end of Vindegga Spur in the Liebknecht Range. Discovered and plotted from air photos by GerAE, 1938-39. Mapped from air photos .and surveys by NorAE, 1956-60; remapped by SovAE, 1960-61, and named after Soviet botanist R.I. Abolin.

Vindegga Spur

-71.85°N 30°W. A prominent ridge just south of Vindegghallet Glacier in the Humboldt Mountains. Discovered and photographed by the GerAE, 1938-39. Mapped by Norway from air photos and surveys by NorAE, 1956-60, and named Vindegga (the wind ridge).

Vindegghallet Glacier

-71.8167°N 26°W. Glacier flowing west for along the south side of Mount Flånuten in the Humboldt Mountains. Discovered and photographed by the GerAE, 1938-39. Mapped by Norway from air photos and surveys by NorAE, 1956-60, and named Vindegghallet (the wind ridge slope) in association with nearby Vindegga Spur.