Prince Olav Mountains
mountain range in Antarctica
The Prince Olav Mountains (84°57′S 173°00′W) is a mountain group in the Queen Maud Mountains in Antarctica stretching from Shackleton Glacier to Liv Glacier at the head of the Ross Ice Shelf.
Discovery and naming
The Prince Olav Mountains were discovered in 1911 by Roald Amundsen on the way to the South Pole, and named by him for the then Crown Prince Olav of Norway.
Main peaks
This range includes the following high mountains and peaks:
Location
The Prince Olav Mountains extend in a generally northwest – southeast direction between the Shackleton Glacier to the west and the Liv Glacier to the east.
The Gabbro Hills and Lillie Range are to the northeast.
In the northwest the mountains include the Waldron Spurs, including Nilsen Peak and Mount Orndorff, the Longhorn Spurs, including Cape Surprise, Garden Spur and Olds Peak, and Cathedral Peaks including Mount Kenney, McCuistion Glacier and Lubbock Rudge, all to the west of Barrett Glacier.
The Dick Glacier runs west to the Shackleton Glacier to the south of Lubbock Ridge.
The central part of the range is separated from the Gabbro Hills by Watt Ridge, terminating in Mount Llano.
It includes, from northwest to southeast, Mount McCue, Mount Munson, Mount Wade, Mount Campbell, Mount Oliver, Mount Dodge, Mount Sellery and Mount Smithson.
The Holzrichter Glacier, Krout Glacier and Harwell Glacier drain east into Gough Glacier. The Yeats Glacier drains west into Shackleton Glacier.
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