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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
Naming
Native name	Khrebet Yuriya Gagarina  (Russian)
Geography
Continent	Antarctica
Region	Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica
Range coordinates	71°57′S 09°23′E
Parent range	Fimbulheimen

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 astronaut Yuri Gagarin.[1]

See also

• List of mountains of Queen Maud Land

References

External links

• Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Gagarin Mountains". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)

На других языках

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[de] Gagaringebirge

Das Gagaringebirge (russisch Хребет Юрия Гагарина, norwegisch Kurzefjella) ist eine Gebirgskette im ostantarktischen Königin-Maud-Land. Als Teil der Orvinfjella erstreckt es sich über eine Länge von 16 km zwischen dem Kurze- und dem Conradgebirge.

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- [en] Gagarin Mountains

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[it] Montagne di Gagarin

Le montagne di Gagarin sono una catena montuosa dell'Antartide facente parte della più grande catena montuosa delle montagne di Orvin, di cui si trovano nella parte centrale. Situata nella Terra della Regina Maud e in particolare in corrispondenza della costa della Principessa Astrid, la formazione si snoda in direzione nord-sud per oltre 18 km tra le montagne di Kurze, a ovest, e le montagne di Conrad, a est.

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