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[[File:Gothic-Mountains.jpg|thumb|The "Organ Pipes" in the Gothic Mountains of the Queen Maud Mountains]] | [[File:Gothic-Mountains.jpg|thumb|The "Organ Pipes" in the Gothic Mountains of the Queen Maud Mountains]] | ||
The '''Queen Maud Mountains''' (centered at approximately 85°45′S 152°7′W) is a major group of mountains, ranges and subordinate features of the [[Transantarctic Mountains]], lying between the [[Beardmore Glacier|Beardmore]] and [[Reedy Glacier]]s and including the area from the head of the [[Ross Ice Shelf]] to the Antarctic Plateau in Antarctica. | The '''Queen Maud Mountains''' (centered at approximately 85°45′S 152°7′W) is a major group of mountains, ranges and subordinate features of the [[Transantarctic Mountains]], lying between the [[Beardmore Glacier|Beardmore]] and [[Reedy Glacier]]s and including the area from the head of the [[Ross Ice Shelf]] to the Antarctic Plateau in [[Antarctica]]. | ||
Despite the name, they are not located within Queen Maud Land. | Despite the name, they are not located within [[Queen Maud Land]]. | ||
==Discovery and name== | ==Discovery and name== | ||
[[Roald Amundsen]] and his [[South Pole]] party ascended Axel Heiberg Glacier near the central part of this group in November 1911, naming these mountains for the Norwegian Queen, Maud of Wales. | [[Roald Amundsen]] and his [[South Pole]] party ascended Axel Heiberg Glacier near the central part of this group in November 1911, naming these mountains for the Norwegian Queen, Maud of Wales. | ||
Elevations bordering the [[Beardmore Glacier]], at the western extremity of these mountains, were observed by the British expeditions led by [[Ernest Shackleton]] (1907–09) and [[Robert Falcon Scott]] (1910-13), but the mountains as a whole were mapped by several American expeditions led by [[Richard E. Byrd]] (1930s and 1940s), and United States Antarctic Program (USARP) and New Zealand Antarctic Research Program (NZARP) expeditions from the 1950s through the 1970s. | Elevations bordering the [[Beardmore Glacier]], at the western extremity of these mountains, were observed by the British expeditions led by [[Ernest Shackleton]] (1907–09) and [[Robert Falcon Scott]] (1910-13), but the mountains as a whole were mapped by several American expeditions led by [[Richard E. Byrd]] (1930s and 1940s), and United States Antarctic Program (USARP) and New Zealand [[Antarctic]] Research Program (NZARP) expeditions from the 1950s through the 1970s. | ||
==Features== | ==Features== | ||