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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''' are 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. Captain [[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. | The '''Queen Maud Mountains''' (centered at approximately 85°45′S 152°7′W) are 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. Captain [[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. | ||
Despite the name, they are not located within Queen Maud Land. | Despite the name, they are not located within Queen Maud Land. | ||