Gagarin Mountains

The Gagarin Mountains (Russian: Khrebet Yuriya Gagarina; Norwegian: Kurzefjella) are a linear group of mountains, trending in a north–south direction for 10 miles (16 km) between the Kurze Mountains and the Conrad Mountains of the Orvin Mountains in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica.[1]

Gagarin Mountains
Gagarin Mountains is located in Antarctica
Gagarin Mountains
Naming
Native nameKhrebet Yuriya Gagarina (Russian)
Geography
ContinentAntarctica
RegionQueen Maud Land, East Antarctica
Range coordinates71°57′S 09°23′E
Parent rangeFimbulheimen

Discovery and naming

The Gagarin Mountains were mapped by cartographers of the Norwegian Polar Institute, using aerial photographs and surveys taken by the Sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in 1956–60. They were remapped from surveys and air photos by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition, 1960–61, and named for Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.[1]

See also

References
  1. "Gagarin Mountains". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 31 May 2010.

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