Eternity Range
Mountain range in Palmer Land, Antarctica
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::summary Mountain range in Palmer Land, Antarctica ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox mountain"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Eternity Range |
| photo | Mount Charity, Antarctica.jpg |
| photo_caption | Mount Charity, view from east |
| highest | Mount Hope |
| elevation_m | 3239 |
| country | Antarctica |
| country_type | Continent |
| region | Palmer Land |
| range | Antarctandes |
| map | Antarctica |
| range_coordinates | |
| length_mi | 28 |
| :: |
| name= Eternity Range | photo= Mount Charity, Antarctica.jpg | photo_caption= Mount Charity, view from east | highest=Mount Hope | elevation_m=3239 | country=Antarctica | country_type=Continent | region_type = | region= Palmer Land | range=Antarctandes | parent= | border= | map=Antarctica | range_coordinates = | range_coordinates_ref = | length_mi=28 | geology= | period= | orogeny= The Eternity Range () is a range of mountains 28 nmi long, rising to 3,239 m, and trending north–south approximately in the middle of the Antarctic Peninsula. The range is divided into three main mountain blocks, the major summits in each from north to south being Mounts Faith, Hope and Charity.
Location
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/Mount_Hope,_Eternity_Range,_Antarctica.jpg" caption="Mount Hope south face - oblique view from east in March 2004"] ::
The Eternity Range is in northern Palmer Land, between the Weddell Sea to the east and Marguerite Bay to the west. It is to the east of the Dyer Plateau, southeast of the Bristly Peaks, south of the head of Lurabee Glacier, west of Stefansson Sound and north of the Columbia Mountains. Features, from north to south, are Mount Faith, Mount Hope and Mount Charity. Nearby features include Brand Peak, Mount Duemler and Mount Sullivan to the east, and Wakefield Highland and Davies Top to the north.
Discovery and name
Lincoln Ellsworth discovered the range from the air during his flights of November 21 and November 23, 1935. He applied the names Eternity Range and Mounts Faith, Hope and Charity. In November 1936, the range was surveyed by John Riddoch Rymill of the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) who gave the name "Mount Wakefield" to the central mountain in the range. This complication by Rymill, and uncertainty as to the precise location or extent of Ellsworth's discovery, hindered for a time a resolution of its nomenclature. Thus, following the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) expedition in 1939–41, the name Eternity Range or Eternity Mountains was incorrectly applied to the present Welch Mountains 60 nmi farther south.
A careful study of the original reports, maps and photographs, and comparison with materials from subsequent expeditions such as the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947, and the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), 1960, has led to the conclusion that the range described comprises at least the core of Ellsworth's Eternity Range and appropriately commemorates his discovery. The name "Wakefield", given by Rymill, has been transferred to nearby Wakefield Highland.
Features
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/Palmer_Land_North_USGS_Sketch.jpg" caption="Northern Palmer Land. Eternity Range upper center of map"] ::
Mount Faith
Mount Hope
Main article: Mount Hope (Palmer Land)
Mount Charity
Nearby features
File:Brand Peak, Antarctica.jpg|Brand Peak File:Mount Duemler, Antarctica.jpg|Southern Mount Duemler, view towards south File:Mount Sullivan, Antarctica.jpg|Eastern ridge of Mount Sullivan
Brand Peak
Mount Duemler
Mount Sullivan
Wakefield Highland
Davies Top
Notes
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://www.bas.ac.uk/media-post/new-satellite-imagery-reveals-new-highest-antarctic-peninsula-mountain/ |accessdate=2024-04-29 |ref= |title=New satellite imagery reveals new highest Antarctic Peninsula Mountain |publisher=BAS; British Antarctic Survey |date=11 December 2017}}
- {{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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