Gamburtsev Mountains

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subglacial mountains in the central part of eastern Antarctica. They extend for 1,200-1,300 km in the shape of an arc, stretching south, between 72° and 82° S lat. and 30° and 90° E long. They are 200-500 km wide. The highest known peaks are 2,990 m and 3,390 m. The ice above them is at least 600 m thick. The mountains were discovered by a Soviet Antarctic expedition in 1958 and named for G. A. Gamburtsev.

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No references found			Buried far beneath that region's relatively flat surface, however, lies a chain of peaks called the Gamburtsev Mountains. Alpine Antarctica, before all the ice: study details chain of peaks ... by Perkins, Sid / Science News Far beneath its frozen surface lie the Gamburtsev mountains, where glaciologists believe the Antarctic ice sheet was born. How Antarctica became the world's biggest chunk of ice by Asian News International Beneath it is an ice sheet between 1,649 and 3,135 metres thick that smothers the Gamburtsev mountains, a range named after a Soviet geophysicist, Grigoriy Gamburtsev, who detected the peaks in 1958. Ghost alps of Antarctica are glimpsed after 14 million years by AFP / AFP Global Edition			Gambetta, Leon Michel Gambetta, Léon Michel Gambia Gambia Independence Day Gambia Revolution Day Gambia River Gambia, The Gambier Gambier Islands gambir gambit gamble Gamble Plantation Historic State Park Gamble Rogers Memorial State Recreation Area at Flagler Beach Gamble's Cave gambler's ruin Gambling Gamboge gambrel gambrel end gambrel roof Gambrill State Park Gambrinus Gamburd, Moisei Gamburd, Moisei Efimovich Gamburtsev Mountains Gamburtsev, Grigorii Gamburtsev, Grigorii Aleksandrovich Game game bird game birds Game Blaster game laws Game Management Game Management Science game mode Game of St. Evermaire game port Game Resources, State game room game show game theory game tree gamelan Gamelin, Maurice Gamelin, Maurice Gustave Gamella Gamelyn, The Tale of gamene gamer games			gamboled gamboling gambolled gambolling gambols Gambooge Gambooge gambrel gambrel gambrel gambrel end gambrel roof gambrel roof gambrel roof gambrel roofs gambrel roofs gambrel roofs gambrels gambrels gambrels Gambrill State Park Gambrills Odenton Recreation Council Gambrinous Gambrinous Gambrinus Gambrinus Gambroon Gamburd, Moisei Gamburd, Moisei Efimovich Gamburtsev Mountain Range Gamburtsev Mountains Gamburtsev, Grigorii Gamburtsev, Grigorii Aleksandrovich Gambusia Gambusia Gambusia affinis gambusias gambusias GAMC GAMCO GAMDT GAMDW game game game game game game game Game & Watch Game (dog) Game (food) Game (food) Game Accessibility Special Interest Group Game Advertising Online Game and Fish Act of Ontario Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission Game and Game World Championship Game And Watch Game Angling Instructors' Association Game animals

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