| Queen Maud Mountains | |
|---|---|
 Photo of Mount Fridtjof Nansen in the Queen Maud Mountains taken by Roald Amundsen | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Mount Kaplan[1]> |
| Elevation | 4,230 m (13,880 ft) |
| Coordinates | 84°33′00″S 175°19′00″W / 84.55000°S 175.31667°W |
| Geography | |
  Queen Maud Mountains Location of Queen Maud mountains in Antarctica | |
The Queen Maud Mountains (86°00′S 160°00′W / 86.000°S 160.000°W) are a major group of mountains, ranges and subordinate features of the Transantarctic Mountains, lying between the Beardmore and Reedy Glaciers 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.[2]
- ^ Queen Maud Mountains Peakbagger.
- ^ Alberts 1995, p. 599.