Kraul Mountains

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The Kraul Mountains are a mountain range in the claimed by Norway sector of Antarctica. On the maps of the Norwegian Queen Maud Land this mountain range is named Vestfjella. The nunataks were discovered by the German Antarctic Expedition 1938/39, during a reconnaissance flight and after Eislotsen the expedition, Captain Otto Kraul, named.

The mountains run from the Kraul Veststraumen glacier, about 110 km to the northwest and consist of about 20 nunataks; the highest elevation is the Dagvola - Nunatak with 1123 m. Geologic be built the Freestyle mountains of Jurassic basalt lava. Only in the eastern Nunatak, Fossilryggen to Permian sandstones and mudstones find well-preserved plant fossils.

In the Freestyle mountains lie the Swedish research station Wasa and the Finnish research station Aboa. Both stations were in the austral summer 1988/89 in the immediate vicinity of the nunataks bases at 73 ° 3 ' S, 13 ° 25' W built - 73.05 - 13.416666666667. They are used only as a summer stations.