Queen Maud Mountains

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The Queen Maud Mountains are a major mountain range in Antarctica forming part of the Transantarctic Mountains, known for their extensive glaciers and high, rugged peaks near the Ross Ice Shelf.

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Queen Maud Mountains canonical 17

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature
mountain range
climate polar ice-cap climate
contains Amundsen Glacier
Axel Heiberg Glacier
Beardmore Glacier upper reaches
linked to: Beardmore Glacier

Keltie Glacier
Liv Glacier
Mill Glacier
Mount Betty
Mount Bjaaland
Mount Don Pedro Christophersen
Mount Engelstad
Mount Fridtjof Nansen
Mount Hassel
Mount Kristensen
Mount Kristine Bonnevie
Mount Ole Engelstad
Mount Prestrud
Mount Roald Amundsen
Mount Ruth Gade
Mount Thorvald Nilsen
Mount Wisting
Reedy Glacier
Scott Glacier
Shackleton Glacier
continent Antarctica
countryClaimedBy New Zealand
discoveredBy Roald Amundsen
discoveryExpedition Amundsen Antarctic Expedition
discoveryYear 1911
exploredBy British Antarctic expeditions
United States Antarctic Program parties
geologicalContext Transantarctic orogen
hasFeature extensive glaciers
high rugged peaks
ice-covered ridges
nunataks
importance major segment of the Transantarctic Mountains near Ross Ice Shelf
locatedIn Ross Dependency
locatedNear Ross Ice Shelf
locatedOn Antarctic Plateau margin
namedAfter Queen Maud of Norway
namedFor Maud of Wales
partOf Transantarctic Mountains
rangeType part of a continental divide
separates Antarctic Plateau
linked to: Antarctic plateau

Ross Ice Shelf
surfaceCondition permanently ice-covered

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Transantarctic Mountains contains Queen Maud Mountains
Beardmore Glacier separates Queen Maud Mountains
Beardmore Glacier nearbyFeature Queen Maud Mountains
Axel Heiberg Glacier locatedIn Queen Maud Mountains
Axel Heiberg Glacier isMajorFeatureOf Queen Maud Mountains
Liv Glacier locatedIn Queen Maud Mountains
Liv Glacier hasNearbyFeature Queen Maud Mountains
Liv Glacier flowsThrough Queen Maud Mountains
Shackleton Glacier locatedIn Queen Maud Mountains
Shackleton Glacier flowsThrough Queen Maud Mountains
Shackleton Glacier isMajorFeatureOf Queen Maud Mountains
Byrd Glacier separates Queen Maud Mountains
Axel Heiberg Glacier route locatedIn Queen Maud Mountains
Axel Heiberg Glacier route passesThrough Queen Maud Mountains
Mount Ellsworth locatedIn Queen Maud Mountains
Mount Ellsworth mountainRange Queen Maud Mountains
Mount Ellsworth highestPointOf Queen Maud Mountains