Herbert Mountains

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title: "Herbert Mountains" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["mountain-ranges-of-coats-land"] description: "Group of rock summits in Antarctica" topic_path: "general/mountain-ranges-of-coats-land" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Mountains" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Group of rock summits in Antarctica ::

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photo_caption	Shackleton Range. Herbert Mountains in the center, north (top)
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Geology

Rocks in the Herbert Mountains include gneisses of migmatite and pyroxene-biotite, schists of garnet-kyanite and minor occurrences of quartzite, Marble and calc-silicates. There is post-tectonic basalt in Mount Sheffield that may be connected with from the Jurassic Ferrar Dolerite. The age of rock samples from the Sumgin Buttress very from c. 268 million years for fuchsite, quartz schist to c. 434 million years for whole rock and amphibolite. These dates may be understated due to the loss of radiogenic Argon-40.

Features

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/C80020s1_Ant.Map_Shackleton_Range_Herbert_Mountains.jpg" caption="Herbert Mountains"] ::

Named geographical features on the 1983 United States Geological Survey map include:

Bernhardi Heights

Main article: Bernhardi Heights

Bonney Bowl

Main article: Bonney Bowl

Charlesworth Cliffs

Main article: Charlesworth Cliffs

Charpentier Pyramid

Main article: Charpentier Pyramid

Geikie Nunatak

Main article: Geikie Nunatak

Högbom Outcrops

Main article: Högbom Outcrops

Hollingworth Cliffs

Main article: Hollingworth Cliffs

Jamieson Ridge

Main article: Jamieson Ridge

Kendall Basin

Main article: Kendall Basin

Maclaren Monolith

Main article: Maclaren Monolith

Mount Absalom

Main article: Mount Absalom

Ramsay Wedge

Main article: Ramsay Wedge

Shaler Cliffs

Main article: Shaler Cliffs

Mount Sheffield

Main article: Mount Sheffield

Sumgin Buttress

Main article: Sumgin Buttress

Venetz Peak

Main article: Venetz Peak

References

Sources

• {{citation|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/fedgov/70039167/report.pdf |access-date=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://books.google.com/books?id=5Xk482GKlQsC&pg=PA252 |access-date=2023-12-03 |last1=Faure |first1=Gunter |first2=Teresa M. |last2=Mensing |year=2010 |title=The Transantarctic Mountains: Rocks, Ice, Meteorites and Water}}
• {{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C80020s1_Ant.Map_Shackleton_Range.jpg |access-date=2023-12-04 |title=Shackleton Range |publisher=United States Geological Survey |year=1983 |ref= }}

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