Gablenz Range
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Gablenz Range is a mountain
range, 13 nautical miles (24 km) long, including Skigarden Ridge
, Mount Grytoyr
and associated features. The range lies between the north part of Preuschoff Range
and Luz Range
in the Muhlig-Hofmann Mountains
of Queen Maud Land
. Discovered by the German Antarctic Expedition
under Alfred Ritscher
, 1938–39, and named after the director of the German Lufthansa Corporation.
Mountain
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range, 13 nautical miles (24 km) long, including Skigarden Ridge
Skigarden Ridge
Skigarden Ridge is a ridge with several conspicuous peaks, about 2 nautical miles northeast of Mount Grytoyr in the Muhlig-Hofmann Mountains of Queen Maud Land. Mapped from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition and named Skigarden ....
, Mount Grytoyr
Mount Grytoyr
Mount Grytoyr is a broad ice-topped mountain, 2,695 m, between Flogeken Glacier and Stuttflog Glacier in the Muhlig-Hofmann Mountains, in Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys and air photos by the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition and named for B. Grytoyr, meteorologist...
and associated features. The range lies between the north part of Preuschoff Range
Preuschoff Range
Preuschoff Range is a mountain range consisting of Mount Hochlin and associated features, lying just west of Kaye Crest in the Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains of Queen Maud Land. The name "Preuschoff-Rucken" was applied in the general area by the Third German Antarctic Expedition , led by Capt...
and Luz Range
Luz Range
Luz Range is a mountain range 14 nautical miles long, including Petrellfjellet, Snobjorga Bluff and associated features, lying next east of Gablenz Range in the Muhlig-Hofmann Mountains of Queen Maud Land. Discovered by the German Antarctic Expedition under Alfred Ritscher, 1938–39, and named...
in the Muhlig-Hofmann Mountains
Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains
The Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains is a major group of associated mountain features extending east to west for 65 miles between the Gjelsvik Mountains and the Orvin Mountains in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica...
of Queen Maud Land
Queen Maud Land
Queen Maud Land is a c. 2.7 million-square-kilometre region of Antarctica claimed as a dependent territory by Norway. The territory lies between 20° west and 45° east, between the British Antarctic Territory to the west and the Australian Antarctic Territory to the east. The latitudinal...
. Discovered by the German Antarctic Expedition
New Swabia
New Swabia is a cartographic name sometimes given to an area of Antarctica between 20°E and 10°W in Queen Maud Land, which within Norway is administered as a Norwegian dependent territory under the Antarctic Treaty System...
under Alfred Ritscher
Alfred Ritscher
Alfred Ritscher was a German polar explorer. A captain in the German Navy, he led the third German Antarctic Expedition in 1938-39, which mapped the New Swabia area of Queen Maud Land. Ritscher Peak and Ritscher Upland there are named for him.-External links:*...
, 1938–39, and named after the director of the German Lufthansa Corporation.