{{Short description|Mountain range in Antarctica}} {{Infobox mountain range |name=Fimbulheimen |map=Antarctica |highest=Jøkulkyrkja |elevation_m=3148 |image=File:Drygalskiberge.jpg |image_caption=Drygalskiberge in the Fimbulheimen Mountains }}
'''Fimbulheimen''' is a mountain range in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. It stretches from Jutulstraumen by 1° west of Carsten Borchgrevink Ice at 18° east, about 200 km from the ice edge. Fimbulheimen is thus between Maudheim Plateau and Sør-Rondane.
Dronning Maud's highest mountain, Jøkulkyrkja (elevation 3148 m), is located in Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains in Fimbulheimen. The name comes from Fimbulvetr, the harsh winter immediately preceding Ragnarok in Norse mythology.
A number of smaller ranges and mountain areas constitutes Fimbulheimen, from west to east: *Gburek Peaks {{coord|72|10|00|S|0|16|00|W|type:mountain}} *Sverdrup Mountains {{coord|72|22|00|S|0|40|00|E|type:mountain}} *Gjelsvik Mountains {{coord|72|05|00|S|2|50|00|E|type:mountain}} *Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains {{coord|72|00|00|S|5|30|00|E|type:mountain}} *Orvin Mountains {{coord|71|55|00|S|9|00|00|E|type:mountain}} **Filchner Mountains {{coord|72|00|00|S|7|30|00|E|type:mountain}} **Drygalski Mountains {{coord|71|47|00|S|8|15|00|E|type:mountain}} **Kurze Mountains {{coord|71|50|00|S|9|00|00|E|type:mountain}} **Gagarin Mountains {{coord|71|58|00|S|9|23|00|E|type:mountain}} **Conrad Mountains {{coord|71|50|00|S|9|42|00|E|type:mountain}} **Mount Dallmann {{coord|71|45|00|S|10|20|00|E|type:mountain}} *Wohlthat Mountains {{coord|71|40|00|S|12|10|00|E|type:mountain}} **Humboldt Mountains {{coord|71|40|00|S|11|30|00|E|type:mountain}} **Petermann Ranges {{coord|71|41|00|S|12|25|00|E|type:mountain}} **Gruber Mountains {{coord|71|22|00|S|13|25|00|E|type:mountain}} *Hoel Mountains {{coord|72|00|00|S|14|00|00|E|type:mountain}} **Weyprecht Mountains {{coord|72|00|00|S|13|30|00|E|type:mountain}} **Payer Mountains {{coord|72|00|00|S|14|30|00|E|type:mountain}} *Lomonosov Mountains {{coord|71|33|00|S|15|24|00|E|type:mountain}}
The Norwegian research station Troll is located by Jutulsessen Mountain west in Fimbulheimen, while the ornithological field station Tor is about 100 km further east at Svarthamaren Mountain in Mühlig-Hofmann Mountains.
Large parts of the area were mapped by the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition 1956-60. The Norwegian Polar Institute has published twelve map sheets of Fimbulheimen in scale 1:250 000.<ref>[http://npweb.npolar.no/english/subjects/kartdronningmaudland Mapping of Dronning Maud Land] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081227181856/http://npweb.npolar.no/english/subjects/kartdronningmaudland |date=2008-12-27 }}, Norwegian Polar Institute</ref>
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Category:Mountain ranges of Queen Maud Land Category:Princess Astrid Coast