Darwin Mountains
Mountain range in Antarctica
title: "Darwin Mountains" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["mountain-ranges-of-oates-land", "east-antarctica"] description: "Mountain range in Antarctica" topic_path: "general/mountain-ranges-of-oates-land" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_Mountains" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Mountain range in Antarctica ::
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| Field | Value |
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| name | ins |
| country_type | Continent |
| country | Antarctica |
| parent | Transantarctic Mountains |
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| map | Antarctica |
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| name=ins | photo= | photo_caption= | country_type=Continent | country=Antarctica | region_type = | region= | parent= Transantarctic Mountains | border= | geology= | period= | orogeny= | length_km= | length_orientation= | width_km= | width_orientation= | highest= | elevation_m= | elevation_ref= | coordinates = | coordinates_ref= | range_coordinates = | range_coordinates_ref = | map=Antarctica | map_caption= The Darwin Mountains () are a group of mountains between the Darwin Glacier and Hatherton Glacier in Antarctica. They were discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–04) and named for Major Leonard Darwin, at that time Honorary Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society. They are south of the Cook Mountains and north of the Britannia Range
Location
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/C79204s1_Ant.Map_Turnstile_Ridge.jpg" caption="Western Darwin Mountains in southeast of map"] ::
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/C79197s1_Ant.Map_Carlyon_Glacier.jpg" caption="Eastern Darwin Mountains in southwest of map"] ::
The Darwin Mountains are bounded by the Hatherton Glacier which flows southeast past its west side, then turns and flows northeast past Junction Spur at the eastern tip of the mountains to join Darwin Glacier. Darwin Glacier defines the northeast and north boundary of the mountains. Darwin Névé lies to the west. The Meteorite Hills are the western end of the mountains. Further east the Haskell Ridge and Colosseum Ridge extend into Darwin Glacier. Mount Ellis rises about the Midnight Plateau. Mount Ash overlooks the lower Hatherton Glacier. In the northeast Kennett Ridge rises above the Island Arena and Richardson Hill.
Southern features
Scheuermann Spur
Harvey Cirque
Corell Cirque
Duncan Bluff
Conant Valley
Grant Valley
Mount Ash
Northern features
Northern features, from west to east, include:
Haskell Ridge
Misthound Cirque
Muchmore Valley
A valley 6 nmi long between Haskell Ridge and Colosseum Ridge. The valley is filled by ice except at the head, where flow from the Midnight Plateau icecap is insufficient to enter the valley. Named after Doctor Harold G. Muchmore of the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, field leader for a long term project on biomedical aspects of human adaptation at the South Pole, 1970-83.
Colosseum Ridge
Richardson Hill
Smith Heights
Junction Spur
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:C79197s1_Ant.Map_Carlyon_Glacier.jpg |accessdate=2024-03-12 |title=Carlyon Glacier |year=1960 |publisher=USGS United States Geologic Survey |ref= }}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=18180 |name=Conant Valley}}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=18184 |name=Corell Cirque}}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=18183 |name=Duncan Bluff}}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=18179 |name=Grant Valley}}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=18185 |name=Harvey Cirque}}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=118172 |name=Muchmore Valley}}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=18186 |name=Scheuermann Spur}}
- {{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C79204s1_Ant.Map_Turnstile_Ridge.jpg |accessdate=2024-03-12 |title=Turnstyle Ridge |year=1963 |publisher=USGS United States Geologic Survey |ref= }}
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