Behrendt Mountains
Group of mountains in Ellsworth Land, Antarctica
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::summary Group of mountains in Ellsworth Land, Antarctica ::
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| country | Antarctica |
| country_type | Continent |
| subdivision2_type | Region |
| map | Antarctica |
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| name= | photo= | photo_caption= | country= Antarctica | country_type=Continent | subdivision2_type=Region | subdivision2= | parent= | borders_on= | highest= | elevation_m= | map=Antarctica | map_caption= | range= | length_km= | area_km2= | range_coordinates= The Behrendt Mountains () is a group of mountains, 20 nmi long, aligned in the form of a horseshoe with the opening to the southwest, standing 7 nmi southwest of the Merrick Mountains in Ellsworth Land, Antarctica.
Location
The Behrendt Mountains are in the east of Ellsworth Land to the southwest of the Merrick Mountains and northwest of the Hauberg Mountains. The Lyon Nunataks are to the northwest. Features, from southwest to northeast, include Mount Glowa, Mount Hirman, Happy Valley, Mount Trimpi, Mount Neuner, Mount Chandler, Mount Brice, Mount Abrams, Luck Nunatak, Mount Caywood, Mount Huffman, Mount Suggs and Mount Goodman. Nearby features to the south and east include Mount Hassage, Quilty Nunataks, Mount Horne, Weather Guesser Nunataks and the Thomas Mountains.
Discovery and name
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Finn_Ronne.png" caption="[[Finn Ronne]], leader of the RARE expedition that discovered and photographed the mountains from the air."] ::
The Behrendt Mountains were discovered and photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947–48, under Finn Ronne. They were named by United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for John C. Behrendt, traverse seismologist at Ellsworth Station in 1957. Behrendt led the Antarctic Peninsula Traverse party to these mountains in the summer of 1961–62, and carried out investigations in Marie Byrd Land and the Pensacola Mountains in 1963-64 and 1965–66.
Features
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/Ellsworth_Land_-_Palmer_Land.jpg" caption="Eastern Ellsworth Land (south), Southern Palmer Land (north). Behrendt Mountains in southwest of map."] ::
Mount Glowa
Mount Hirman
Happy Valley
Mount Trimpi
Mount Neuner
Mount Chandler
Mount Brice
Mount Abrams
Luck Nunatak
Mount Caywood
Mount Huffman
Thomson Summit
Mount Suggs
Mount Goodman
Nearby features
Stanton Hills
Mount Hassage
Quilty Nunataks
Mount Horne
Weather Guesser Nunataks
Thomas Mountains
Mount Boyles
References
Sources
- {{citation|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/fedgov/70039167/report.pdf |accessdate=2023-12-03 |edition=2 |editor-last=Alberts |title=Geographic Names of the Antarctic |editor-first=Fred G. |publisher=United States Board on Geographic Names |year=1995}}
- {{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ellsworth_Land_-_Palmer_Land.jpg |accessdate=2024-01-19 |title=Ellsworth Land - Palmer Land |publisher=USGS: United States Geological Survey |ref= }}
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