Asgard Range
The Asgard Range is a mountain range in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It divides Wright Valley from Taylor Glacier and Taylor Valley. It is south of the Olympus Range and north of the Quartermain Mountains and the Kukri Hills.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Brunhilde Peak and Colosseum Cliff.
Brunhilde Peak
Peak
Mount Odin is the most prominent peak, though not the highest, in the Asgard Range, of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It rises over 2,000 m just south of Lake Vanda. It was named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition for the Norse god Odin.
Colosseum Cliff
Cliff
Mount Odin is the most prominent peak, though not the highest, in the Asgard Range, of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It rises over 2,000 m just south of Lake Vanda. It was named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition for the Norse god Odin.
Veli Peak
Peak
Mount Odin is the most prominent peak, though not the highest, in the Asgard Range, of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It rises over 2,000 m just south of Lake Vanda. It was named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition for the Norse god Odin. Veli Peak is situated 3 km south of Asgard Range.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Plane Table Glacier and Dais.
Plane Table Glacier
Locality
Plane Table Glacier is a short, tapering glacier on the north side of Plane Table that extends part way down the south wall of Wright Valley, Victoria Land. Plane Table Glacier is situated 2½ km northwest of Asgard Range.
Dais
Locality
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
The Wright Valley is a large east–west trending valley, formerly occupied by a glacier but now ice free except for Wright Upper Glacier at its head and Wright Lower Glacier at its mouth, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. Dais is situated 9 km northwest of Asgard Range.
Asgard Range
- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 51 metres
- Description: mountain range in Antarctica
- Categories: mountain range and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Venetian—“Asgard Range” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Asgard Range”
- Chinese: “阿斯加德山脈”
- Dutch: “Asgard Range”
- French: “Asgard Range”
- German: “Asgard Range”
- Hebrew: “רכס אסגארד”
- Italian: “Dorsale Asgard”
- Ladin: “Ciadëina de Asgard”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Asgard Range”
- Spanish: “Asgard Range”
- Spanish: “Cordillera Asgard”
- Swedish: “Asgard Range”
- Venetian: “Dorsale Asgard”
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Highlights include Donner Valley and Plane Table Glacier.
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