The Stauning Alps are bound to the north by the
King Oscar Fjord and its
Segelsällskapet Fjord branch, to the east by the
Skel Valley, the
Schuchert Flod river and the
Holger Danske Briller lakes, to the west by the
Alpefjord —a branch of the Segelsällskapet Fjord beyond which lies
Nathorst Land— and the
Borgbjerg Glacier, and to the south by a part of the
Nordvestfjord, the NW branch of the
Scoresby Sound. The range is very rugged with numerous high rocky peaks and active
glaciers in almost all valleys. It is made up of
granite, harder in the northern than in the southern subranges. Therefore, the mountains in the north of the Stauning Alps are generally more
craggy, while those in the south are more
eroded and have a relatively smoother appearance. Access to the range requires a special permit.
Subranges and other features The
Murchison Range (Murchison Bjerge) () is a subrange located in the northwestern area of the Stauning Alps that was named after Scottish geologist
Roderick Impey Murchison (1792–1871). It stretches between the
Sedgwick Glacier and the
Alpefjord. The
Syltoppene () are a mountain ridge with needle-like summits at the northern end of the Stauning Alps that was named by
A.G. Nathorst in 1899.
Satan's Gallery () is a ridge with a series of formidable peaks NNE of
Korsspids and south of the
Gully Glacier that was named by the 1963
Cambridge University Expedition. Some of the glaciers in the range system are very large, such as the
Spaerre Glacier (Spærregletscher) and
Sefstrøm Glacier to the west, the
Skjoldungebrae to the north and the
Bersaerkerbrae (Bersærkerbræ) to the east. Other important glaciers in the Stauning Alps are: •
Aries Glacier •
Bacchus Glacier •
Beaumaris Glacier •
Bjørnbo Glacier •
Borgbjerg Glacier •
Canta Brae, also known as
Trinity Glacier •
Cavendish Glacier •
Colosseum Glacier •
Duart Glacier •
Dunottar Glacier •
Edinbrae •
Essemmceebrae •
Fangsthyttegletscher •
Fimbulbreen •
Fleskesvoren (
Icefall) •
Flødegletscher •
Frihedsgletscher •
Gannochy Glacier •
Gully Glacier •
Harlech Glacier •
Hecate Glacier •
Ivar Baardsøn Glacier •
Jupiter Glacier •
Kishmul Glacier •
Krabbe Glacier •
Linné Glacier •
Mars Glacier •
Mercurius Glacier •
Neptunus Glacier (Løberen) •
Orion Glacier •
Oxford Glacier, also known as
Uranus Glacier •
Princess Glacier •
Roslin Glacier •
Sedgwick Glacier •
Schuchert Glacier, also known as
Kongespejlet •
Skel Glacier •
Stor Glacier, also known as
Langgletscher •
Triton Glacier •
Viking Glacier ==Climate==