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The Kurze Mountains (German: Kurzegebirge) are a range of mainly bare rock peaks, ridges and mountains about 20 nautical miles (40 km) long and 6 nautical miles (11 km) wide in the Orvin Mountains of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. The feature stands between the Drygalski Mountains on the west and the Gagarin Mountains and Conrad Mountains on the east.[1]

The Kurze Mountains were discovered and plotted from aerial photographs taken by the Third German Antarctic Expedition under Alfred Ritscher, 1938–39, who named them for the director of the Naval Division of the former Marineleitung (German Admiralty). They were remapped by the Norsk Polarinstitutt from surveys and aerial photos taken by the Sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956–60, and given the name "Holtedahlfjella." The correlation of the prior name (Kurze) with this feature is quite definite and is recommended for the sake of international uniformity and historical continuity.[1]

See also

• Gruvleflesa Knolls
• Hålishalsen Saddle

References

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

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[de] Kurzegebirge

Das Kurzegebirge (in Norwegen mit den Holtedahl Peaks als Holtedahlfjella bezeichnet) ist ein Gebirge aus hauptsächlich unvereisten Felsengipfeln und Bergrücken im ostantarktischen Königin-Maud-Land. Als Teil der Orvinfjella erstreckt es sich über eine Länge von 32 km und eine Breite von 10 km zwischen den Drygalskibergen im Westen sowie dem Gagarin- und dem Conradgebirge im Osten.

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- [en] Kurze Mountains

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[it] Montagne di Kurze

Le montagne di Kurze sono una catena montuosa dell'Antartide facente parte della più grande catena montuosa delle montagne di Orvin, di cui si trovano nella parte occidentale. Situata nella Terra della Regina Maud e in particolare in corrispondenza della costa della Principessa Astrid, la formazione, si snoda per oltre 40 km tra le montagne di Drygalski, a ovest, e le montagne di Gagarin e di Conrad, a est.

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