The Thiel Mountains are isolated, mainly snow-capped mountains of the Transantarctic Mountains System, located in the Ellsworth Land region of Antarctica.
The mountain range is 45 nautical miles long, is located roughly between the Horlick Mountains and the Pensacola Mountains, and extends from Moulton Escarpment on the west to Nolan Pillar on the east.
Major components include Ford Massif, Bermel Escarpment and a group of eastern peaks near Nolan Pillar.
Aerial view of the Thiel Mountains
Thiel Mountains refueling depot
Thiel Mountains
Region to the north of Thiel Mountains
The Transantarctic Mountains comprise a mountain range of uplifted rock in Antarctica which extends, with some interruptions, across the continent from Cape Adare in northern Victoria Land to Coats Land. These mountains divide East Antarctica and West Antarctica. They include a number of separately named mountain groups, which are often again subdivided into smaller ranges.
The Transantarctic Mountains in northern Victoria Land near Cape Roberts
Image: Transantarctic mountains highlighted
Aerial view of the Dugdale Glacier in 1957
Mount Herschel (3,335 m (10,942 ft)) in the Admiralty Mountains subrange, as seen from Cape Hallett
