Mittlere Petermann Range
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Mittlere Petermann Range is one of the Petermann Ranges
, extending north-south for 17 nautical miles (31 km) from Johnson Peaks
to Store Svarthorn Peak
, in the Wohlthat Mountains
, Queen Maud Land
. Discovered and plotted from air photos by German Antarctic Expedition
, 1938–39, and so named by them for its middle position in the northern part of the Petermann Ranges.
Petermann Ranges
The Petermann Ranges are a number of associated mountain ranges including the Ostliche Petermann, Mittlere Petermann, Westliche Petermann, Südliche Petermann, and Pieck Ranges, located just east of the Humboldt Mountains in the central Wohlthat Mountains of Queen Maud Land. They were discovered and...
, extending north-south for 17 nautical miles (31 km) from Johnson Peaks
Johnson Peaks
Johnson Peaks is a cluster of detached peaks which mark the north extremity of Mittlere Petermann Range, in the Wohlthat Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Discovered and plotted from air photos by German Antarctic Expedition, 1938-39...
to Store Svarthorn Peak
Store Svarthorn Peak
Store Svarthorn Peak is a very prominent black peak rising abruptly at the southwest extremity of Mittlere Petermann Range, in the Wohlthat Mountains of Queen Maud Land. Discovered and given the descriptive name "Grosses Schwarz-Horn" by the German Antarctic Expedition under Ritscher, 1938-39...
, in the Wohlthat Mountains
Wohlthat Mountains
Wohlthat Mountains is a large group of associated mountain features consisting of the Humboldt Mountains, Petermann Ranges, and the Gruber Mountains, located immediately east of the Orvin Mountains in Fimbulheimen in the central Queen Maud Land. Discovered by the Third German Antarctic Expedition ,...
, 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 and plotted from air photos by 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...
, 1938–39, and so named by them for its middle position in the northern part of the Petermann Ranges.