Holyoake Range
Mountain range in Antarctica
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::summary Mountain range in Antarctica ::
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| Field | Value |
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| map | Antarctica |
| highest | Mount Hunt |
| elevation_m | 3,240 |
| prominence_m | 1,252 |
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| url | https://worldribus.org/transantarctic-mountains/ |
| listing | Ribu |
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| location | Antarctica |
| country_type | Continent |
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| region | Ross Dependency |
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Location
The range extends in a northwest–southeast direction for about 25 nmi. The Starshot Glacier runs east past the north of the range. The Prince Philip Glacier runs south-south-east along the range's west side, and the Errant Glacier runs south-south-east along its east side. Both join the Nimrod Glacier, which runs northeast past the range's south end. The Cobham Range is to the west, on the other side of the Prince Philip Glacier.
Topology and Geology
The Holyoake Range is a largely ice-free limestone massif. It is 6 mi wide on average. The peaks rise steadily from Cambrian Bluff in the south at 4,880 ft to Mount Hunt further north at 10525 ft. The range rises abruptly from the bordering glaciers and has a subrectangular plan. This suggests it gained its present form from block faulting during the Victoria Orogeny.
The bulk of the Holyoake and Swithinbank Ranges are made up of the Shackleton Limestone formation, which lies unconformably on an unweathered surface cut across beds of the Goldie Formation north of the Nimrod Glacier. It includes the Cambrian limestone that crops out between the Byrd and Nimrod Glaciers and in the upper Beardmore Glacier.
Name
The Holyoake Range was named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) for the Rt. Hon. Keith Holyoake who, first as Minister of Agriculture, then as Prime Minister, and later as Leader of the Opposition, gave strong support to New Zealand participation in the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1956–58.
Glaciers
Prince Philip Glacier
Main article: Prince Philip Glacier
Errant Glacier
Main article: Errant Glacier
Features
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Geographical features from north to south include:
Mount Richter
Cerberus Peak
A prominent peak, 2,765 m high, at the head of Prince Philip Glacier, 6 nmi northwest of Hunt Mountain. The name was suggested by the Holyoake, Cobham and Queen Elizabeth Ranges Party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1964-65. Named after Cerberus, three-headed canine guardian of the gate to Hades in Greek mythology.
Castle Crags
Hunt Mountain
Stark Ridge
Adams Bluff
Peters Peak
Melrose Peak
A peak 4 mi S of Peters Peak in the Holyoake Range. Mapped by the USGS from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1960–62. Named by US-ACAN for Robert L. Melrose, USARP meteorologist at Hallett Station, 1963–64.
Cambrian Bluff
Nearby features
Mansergh Snowfield
Main article: Mansergh Snowfield
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.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00288306.1963.10422076 |accessdate=2023-12-16 |last=Laird |first=M. G.|year=1963 |title=Geomorphology and stratigraphy of the nimrod glacier–beaumont bay region, Southern Victoria land, Antarctica, |journal=New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics |volume=6 |issue=3 |pages=465–484 |doi=10.1080/00288306.1963.10422076|doi-access=free }}
- {{citation |title=Geology of the Central Nimrod Glacier area, Antarctica |journal=New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics |last1=Laird |first1=M. G |first2=G. D. |last2=Mansergh |first3=J. M. A. |last3=Chappell |year=1971|volume=14 |issue=3 |pages=427–468 |doi=10.1080/00288306.1971.10421939 }}
- {{citation |url=https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=136292 |accessdate=2023-12-14 |title=Mount Richter |publisher=AADC Australian Antarctic Data Centrec|ref= }}
- {{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C81195s1_Ant.Map_Mount_Nares.jpg |accessdate=2023-12-14 |publisher=USGS United States Geologic Survey |title=Mount Nares|year=1960 |ref= }}
- {{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C83165s1_Ant.Map_Mount_Rabot.jpg |accessdate=2023-12-12 |publisher=USGS United States Geologic Survey |title=Nimrod Glacier|year=1960 |ref= }}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=18307 |name=Stark Ridge}}
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