Guettard Range

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Mountain range in Palmer Land, Antarctica

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::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 = | coordinates = | highest = | elevation_ft = | map =Antarctica The Guettard Range () is a mountain range, 40 nmi long and 10 nmi wide, located northwest of Bowman Peninsula and between Johnston Glacier and Irvine Glacier, in the southeastern extremity of Palmer Land, Antarctica.

Location

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

The Guettard Range is in southeast Palmer Land, in the base of the Antarctic Peninsula. It runs in a south-southeast direction between the Irvine Glacier to the west and the Johnston Glacier to the east. It terminates in the Bowman Peninsula between Gardner Inlet and Nantucket Inlet on the Lassiter Coast of the Weddell Sea. The Latady Mountains are west of the Irvine Glacier, and the Hutton Mountains are east of the Johnson Glacier. The Playfair Mountains are to the northeast. A largely featureless ice field is to the northwest. Features of the range, from north to south, include Mount Laudon, Johnston Spur, Mount Owen, Kelsey Cliff, Mount Lampert and Mount Mull.

Exploration and name

The Guettard Range was photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), 1947–48. It was mapped from United States Geological Survey (USGS) surveys and United States Navy air photographs, 1961–67, and was named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for French naturalist and geologist Jean-Étienne Guettard, 1715-86.

Features

Mount Laudon

Johnston Spur

Mount Owen

Kelsey Cliff

Mount Lampert

Mount Mull

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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