{{Short description|Mountain range in Antarctica}} {{Infobox mountain range | name=Conrad Mountains | native_name={{native name|no|Conradfjella}} | image=Conrad Mountains North.jpg | image_caption=View looking to the west over Glopeken glacier, in the northern part of the Conrad Mountains. | map=Antarctica | map_caption=Map depicting the territorial extent of Queen Maud Land | region=Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica | region_type = | country=Antarctica | country_type=Continent | parent=Orvin Mountains | borders_on= | geology= | age= | orogeny= | highest=Sandeggtind Peak | elevation_ft=10023 | coordinates = {{coord|71|50|S|09|40|E|type:mountain_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} }} The '''Conrad Mountains''' ({{langx|de|Conradgebirge,}} {{langx|no|'''Conradfjella'''}}) are a narrow chain of mountains, {{convert|30|km|abbr=on}} long, located between the Gagarin Mountains and Mount Dallmann in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. The Conrad Mountains are a subrange of the Orvin Mountains. With its summit at {{convert|3055|m|0}}, the massive Sandeggtind Peak forms the highest point in the Conrad Mountains.
==Discovery and naming== The Conrad Mountains were discovered by the Third German Antarctic Expedition (1938–1939), led by Captain Alfred Ritscher, and named for Rear Admiral Heinrich Friedrich (Fritz) Conrad (18 April 1883 – 1 January 1944), director of the meteorological division of the former Marineleitung (German Admiralty). They were surveyed by the Sixth Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1956-1960.<ref>{{cite gnis | type = antarid | id = 3054 | name = Conrad Mountains | accessdate = 21 November 2011}}</ref>
==See also== * Henry Moraine * List of mountains of Queen Maud Land
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==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20100818063123/http://www.scar.org/information/ Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)]
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Category:Mountain ranges of Queen Maud Land Category:Orvin Mountains