Carey Range

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Mountain range in Palmer Land, Antarctica

title: "Carey Range" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["mountain-ranges-of-palmer-land"] description: "Mountain range in Palmer Land, Antarctica" topic_path: "general/mountain-ranges-of-palmer-land" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carey_Range" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Mountain range in Palmer Land, Antarctica ::

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| name = | photo = | photo_caption = | country = | state = | border = | region_type = | region = Palmer Land, Antarctica | region1 = | region2 = | range_coordinates = | highest = | elevation_ft = | map =Antarctica The Carey Range () is a mountain range, about 35 nmi long and 5 nmi wide with peaks rising to 1,700 m, between Mosby Glacier and Fenton Glacier in southeast Palmer Land, Antarctica.

Location

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/Palmer_Land_North_USGS_Sketch.jpg" caption="Palmer Land. Carey Range in southeast of map."] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/Ellsworth_Land_-_Palmer_Land.jpg" caption="Eastern Ellsworth Land (south), Southern Palmer Land (north). South of Carey Range in northeast of map."] ::

The Carey Range is in south-central Palmer Land. The Wegener Range is to the north and the Dana Mountains to the south. It is bounded by the Fenton Glacier to the northeast and the Mosby Glacier to the southwest. Features include the Sverdrup Nunataks to the north and Mount Adkins in the south. The Journal Peaks are to the west.

Mapping and name

The Carey Range was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from United States Navy aerial photographs, 1966–69. In association with the names of continental drift scientists grouped in this area, it was named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US.ACAN) after Samuel W. Carey, Australian geologist and Professor of Geology at the University of Tasmania, 1946–1970.

Features

Sverdrup Nunataks

Mount Adkins

Journal Peaks

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= }}
  • {{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Palmer_Land_North_USGS_Sketch.jpg |accessdate=2024-04-25 |title=Palmer Land |publisher=USGS: United States Geological Survey |ref= }}

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