Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains

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The Mühlig -Hofmann Mountains is a mountain range in Antarctica, in the East-West direction 120 km between the Gjelsvikfjella and Orvinfjella in central Queen Maud Land extends. It was 1938/39, discovered by the German Antarctic expedition led by Alfred Ritscher, documented with the help of aerial photographs and named after the member of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Zeppelin-Reederei and department head in the Ministry of Aviation Albert Mühlig -Hofmann. The Mühlig -Hofmann Mountains until 1960 was topographically re-recorded during the Norwegian Antarctic expeditions of 1956. The Jøkulkyrkja with 3,148 m the highest peak of the mountain.

In Mühlig -Hofmann Mountains is the "Special Antarctic Reserve No. 142 - Svarthamaren ". It has a size of about 6.4 km ² and consists of the ice-free areas of Svarthamaren Nunatakker. The Norwegian summer station "gate" on the edge of the area is excluded from the scope of protection. The world 's largest with 250,000 breeding pairs breeding colony of White-winged petrels is located in 200 km from the coast in the protected area Svarthamaren.