Prince Olav Mountains

Prince Olav Mountains
Highest peak	Mount Wade ( 4085  m )
location	Ross Dependency , Antarctica
part of	Queen Maud Mountains in the Transantarctic Mountains
Coordinates	84 ° 57 ′  S , 173 ° 0 ′  W Coordinates: 84 ° 57 ′  S , 173 ° 0 ′  W
Map with Prince Olav Mountains, Gabbro Hills and Lillie Range
Map of the southern part with Herbert Range and Quarles Range

The Prince Olav Mountains are a mountain range in the Queen Maud Mountains . They extend over an area of ​​9168 km ² between the Shackleton Glacier and the Liv Glacier at the head of the Ross Ice Shelf . This mountain group includes:

 Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

mountain	height	Coordinates
Mount Wade	4085  m	84 ° 51 ′  S , 174 ° 19 ′  W
Mount Fisher	4080  m	85 ° 6 ′  S , 171 ° 3 ′  W
Centennial Peak	4070  m	84 ° 57 ′  S , 174 ° 0 ′  W
Mount Ray	3905  m	85 ° 7 ′  S , 170 ° 48 ′  W
Mount Sellery	3895  m	84 ° 58 ′  S , 172 ° 45 ′  W
Mount Oliver	3800  m	84 ° 56 ′  S , 173 ° 44 ′  W.
Mount Campbell	3790  m	84 ° 55 ′  S , 174 ° 0 ′  W
Jones Peak	3670  m	85 ° 5 ′  S , 172 ° 0 ′  W
Mount Finley	3470  m	85 ° 1 ′  S , 173 ° 58 ′  W.
Seabee Heights	3400  m	85 ° 13 ′  S , 171 ° 15 ′  W
Mount Smithson	3000  m	84 ° 59 ′  S , 172 ° 10 ′  W
Mount Munson	2800  m	84 ° 48 ′  S , 174 ° 26 ′  W
Mount Kenney	2030  m	84 ° 44 ′  S , 175 ° 28 ′  W
Mount Llano	1930  m	84 ° 48 ′  S , 173 ° 21 ′  W
Allaire Peak	1900  m	84 ° 53 ′  S , 170 ° 54 ′  W
Mount McCue	1710  m	84 ° 45 ′  S , 174 ° 41 ′  W
Mount Wendland	1650  m	84 ° 42 ′  S , 175 ° 18 ′  W
Mercik Peak	1425  m	85 ° 5 ′  S , 169 ° 6 ′  W
Hardiman's Peak	1210  m	85 ° 1 ′  S , 169 ° 23 ′  W
Mount Ferguson	1190  m	84 ° 56 ′  S , 168 ° 35 ′  W
Mount Skinner	1060  m	84 ° 46 ′  S , 171 ° 10 ′  W.
Mount Henson	905  m	84 ° 50 ′  S , 168 ° 21 ′  W

The Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen discovered them in 1911 on his Antarctic expedition (1910–1912) on the way to the geographic South Pole. He named it after the then Crown Prince and later King of Norway Olav V (1903-1991).

Web links

• Prince Olav Mountains in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
• Prince Olav Mountains on geographic.org (English)