{{Short description|Mountain range in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica}} {{Infobox mountain | name=Weyprecht Mountains | other_name=''Weyprechtberge'' | image= | image_size= | image_caption= | country=Antarctica | state= | area= | state_type= | length_km= | length_orientation= | width_km = | width_orientation= | highest= | elevation_m= | range_coordinates = {{coord|72|0|S|13|30|E|type:mountain_region:AQ_dim:200000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates = | geology= | geology1= | age= | map = Antarctica | region = | map_caption = Location | label_position = | map_size= }} '''Weyprecht Mountains''' ({{langx|de|Weyprechtberge}}, {{Langx|no|Weprechtfjella}}) is a small group of mountains about {{convert|15|km|abbr=on|0}} west of the Payer Mountains, forming the western half of the Hoel Mountains in Queen Maud Land.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Weyprecht Mountains |url=https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=133601 |access-date=2024-02-25 |website=SCAR Composite Gazetteer}}</ref>
They were discovered by the Third German Antarctic Expedition (1938–1939), led by Capt. Alfred Ritscher, and named for Karl Weyprecht, Austrian polar explorer who in company with Julius Payer discovered Franz Josef Land in 1873, and who initiated the first International Polar Year expedition in 1882–83.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Weyprechtberge |url=https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=107163 |access-date=2024-02-25 |website=SCAR Composite Gazetteer}}</ref>
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==See also== *Rimebrekka Slope
Category:Mountain ranges of Queen Maud Land Category:Princess Astrid Coast
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