Barkley Mountains
| Barkley Mountains | ||
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| location | Queen Maud Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Sverdrupfjella | |
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| Coordinates | 72 ° 22 ′ S , 1 ° 0 ′ E | |
The Barkley Mountains are a small group of mountains in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica . They loom between the Kvitsvodene valley and the Rogstad glacier in Sverdrupfjella . They include the Kvitkjølen mountain range and Isingen mountain .
They were discovered and named during the German Antarctic Expedition in 1938/39 under the direction of polar explorer Alfred Ritscher . It is named after Erich Barkley (1912–1944), biologist on this research trip. A survey was carried out by participants in the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1949–1952).
See also
Web links
- Barkley Mountains in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Barkley Mountains on geographic.org (English)