Geologists Range

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Antarctic mountain range

title: "Geologists Range" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["mountain-ranges-of-the-ross-dependency", "shackleton-coast"] description: "Antarctic mountain range" topic_path: "general/mountain-ranges-of-the-ross-dependency" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geologists_Range" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Antarctic mountain range ::

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| name = | other_name = | photo = | photo_size = | photo_upright = | photo_alt = | photo_caption = | length_km = | width_km = | location = Antarctica | map=Antarctica | country_type = Continent | range_coordinates = | range_coordinates_ref = | range = The Geologists Range is a mountain range about 55 km long, standing between the heads of Lucy and Nimrod Glaciers in Antarctica. Seen by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1961–62) and named to commemorate the work of geologists in Antarctic exploration. The Churchill Mountains are to the north, the Queen Elizabeth Range to the east and the Miller Range to the southeast

Glaciers

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The Geologists Range lies between Nimrod Glacier to the southeast and Lucy Glacier to the northeast. It contains The Slot, a small tributary of the Nimrod Glacier.

  • Nimrod Glacier (), a major glacier, about 85 mi long, flowing from the polar plateau in a northerly direction between the Geologists and Miller Ranges, then northeasterly between the Churchill Mountains and Queen Elizabeth Range, and finally spilling into Shackleton Inlet and the Ross Ice Shelf between Capes Wilson and Lyttelton.
  • Lucy Glacier (), a wide glacier which flows southeast from the polar plateau, between Laird Plateau and McKay Cliffs, into Nimrod Glacier.
  • The Slot (), a small swift glacier descending from the polar plateau between Mount Ronca and Mount Summerson.

Mountains

This range includes the following mountains and peaks:

Mount Albright

Mount Csejtey

Mount Ester

Mount Fyfe

Mount Isbell

2360 m . A mountain at the northeastern perimeter of the range. The summit is 2.6 miles (4.2 km) west of Vogt Peak. Named by US-ACAN after John L Isbell, Department of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee; investigator of Permian and Lower Triassic strata of the Darwin and Churchill Mountains in several field seasons, 1992–2001, including work near this mountain.

Mount Macpherson

2360 m . Mountain standing 1.5 mi north of Mount Csejtey on the southern edge of Boucot Plateau. Seen by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1961–62) and named for E.O. Macpherson, formerly chief geologist of the New Zealand Geological Survey.

Mount Ronca

Sullivan Nunatak

Mount Summerson

2310 m . Mountain surmounting the northern end of Endurance Cliffs. Mapped by USGS from tellurometer surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–62. Named by US-ACAN for Charles H. Summerson, U.S. Antarctic Research Program (USARP) geologist to the Mount Weaver area, 1962–63.

Vogt Peak

2180 m Peak surmounting the east part of McKay Cliffs. Mapped by the USGS from Tellurometer surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–62. Named by US-ACAN for Peter R. Vogt, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) geologist at McMurdo Station, 1962–63.

Other features

Boucot Plateau

Endurance Cliffs

McKay Cliffs

Quest Cliffs

Wellman Cliffs

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:C82202s5_Ant.Map_Geologists_Range.jpg |accessdate=2023-12-12 |title=Geologists Range |publisher=USGS United States Geologic Survey |year=1960 |ref= }}

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