Gagarin Mountains

Gagarin Mountains
Gagarin Mountains
Naming
Native nameKhrebet Yuriya Gagarina (Russian)
Geography
ContinentAntarctica
RegionQueen Maud Land, East Antarctica
Range coordinates71°57′S 09°23′E / 71.950°S 9.383°E / -71.950; 9.383
Parent rangeFimbulheimen

The Gagarin Mountains (Russian: Khrebet Yuriya Gagarina; Norwegian: Kurzefjella) are a linear group of mountains, trending in a north–south direction for 10 miles (16 km) between the Kurze Mountains and the Conrad Mountains of the Orvin Mountains in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica.

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