Transantarctic Mountains

The Transantarctic Mountains are a mountain range in Antarctica that divides the continent into East and West Antarctica. 

At approximately 3,500 km long, it is the fifth longest mountain range in the world. 

The highest peak is Mount Kirkpatrick (4,528 m). 

The mountain range, which is 65 million years old, consists mainly of sandstone and dolerite and extends from the Ross Sea to the Weddell Sea.

It was first sighted in 1841 by James Clark Ross and first crossed in 1901-1904 by the British National Antarctic Expedition. 

The name was established in 1962 by the American Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN)

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