Hansen Mountains () is a large group of nunataks rising to about above the Antarctic plateau.Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1629 The mountains are approximately south of Stefansson Bay and they extend from northwest to southeast in Kemp Land, East Antarctica. The Hansen Mountains were first mapped by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the 1936–1937 Lars Christensen Expedition. They were named for H.E. Hansen, the Norwegian cartographer who compiled the maps for this and other Norwegian Antarctic expeditions.
Standing at , their highest peak is Mount Gjeita, known in Australian sources as Mount Banfield.Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 1446 Their northernmost peak is called Fram Peak, named "Framfjellet" (the forward peak) by the personnel of the Lars Christensen Expedition.
See also Billingane Peaks, located east-southeast of See Nunatak at the eastern end of the Hansen Mountains Galtefjellet, southeastern of two rock outliers on the south side of Purka Mountain in the Hansen Mountains Melfjellet, rock outcrop in the eastern part of the Hansen Mountains
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