Asgard Range
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The Asgard Range ( German Asgard Mountains ) is a mountain range between the Wright Valley and Taylor Valley ( Antarctic dry valleys ) in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It extends from the upper end of the Taylor Glacier in the west, as far as Marbel Point in the east, where it borders on the McMurdo Sound. The mountain range is about 80 km long and 10 km wide and has its highest peak at Round Mountain with 2,410 m. His average lengths vary by about 1700-1900 m. He is part of the Transantarctic Mountains
The Asgard Range was named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition ( VUWAE ) ( 1958-59 ) to Asgard, home of the Norse gods.
Mountains
- Mount Newall ( 1,920 m )
- Mount McLennan
- Matterhorn ( Antarctica ) ( 1.882m )
- Mount Fleming
- Inland forts
- North West Mountain
- Saint Paul Mountain
- Idun peak
- Mount Thundergut
- Veli peak
- Siegmund peak
- Siegfried peak
- Mount Odin ( Antarctica )
- Round Mountain ( 2.410m )
- Oliver peak
Valleys in the Asgard Range
- Odin Valley
- Pearce Valley
Glacier
There several glaciers flowing from the Asgard Range into the adjacent dry valleys:
- Taylor Valley Canada Glacier
- Commonwealth Glacier
- Loftus Glacier
- Lacroixgletscher
- Suess glacier
- Rhone Glacier
- Wright Valley Meserve Glacier
- Bartley Glacier
- Hart Glacier
- Albrich Glacier
- Newall Glacier
- Decker Glacier
Reserves
The Linnaeus Terrace were declared Antarctic Specially Reserve No. 138. It is located at the eastern end of the Asgard Range north of Oliver Peak at 1,500 to 1,650.