[3] The Stauning Alps had been partly mapped earlier and named Rink Bjerge by Lauge Koch’s 1926–27 expeditions, being referred to as a "wild and jagged range of mountains."

Most of the available climbing reports have either been published or deposited in the archives of the Danish Polar Center (DPC), the Royal Geographical Society of London (RGS) or the British Mountaineering Council (BMC).

[3] Dansketinden, the highest point of the Stauning Alps was first climbed by Swiss mountaineers John Haller (1927–1984), Wolfgang Diehl (1908–1990) and Fritz Schwarzenbach on 5 August 1954.

[8] The Syltoppene (72°20′N 24°33′W / 72.333°N 24.550°W / 72.333; -24.550) 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.

[9] Satan's Gallery (72°4′N 25°7′W / 72.067°N 25.117°W / 72.067; -25.117) 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.

Other noteworthy peaks[3] are: Practically all the valleys in the Stauning Alps are filled by active glaciers that mostly flow towards the North, East or South.