Mountaineer Range
Range of mountains in Victoria Land, Antarctica
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::summary Range of mountains in Victoria Land, Antarctica ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox mountain"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Mountaineer Range |
| country | Antarctica |
| region_type | Region |
| region | Victoria Land |
| length_km | |
| width_km | |
| highest | Mount Murchison |
| elevation_m | 3500 |
| prominence_m | 2005 |
| prominence_ref | {{Cite web |
| url | https://worldribus.org/transantarctic-mountains/ |
| listing | Ultra |
| Ribu | |
| map | Antarctica |
| label | Mountaineer Range |
| range_coordinates | |
| geology | |
| :: |
| name=Mountaineer Range | photo= | photo_caption= | country=Antarctica | country_type=Continent | region_type =Region | region=Victoria Land | parent= | border= | coordinates = | length_km= | length_note = | width_km= | width_note = | highest=Mount Murchison | elevation_m= 3500 | prominence_m= 2005 | prominence_ref= {{Cite web |title=World Ribus – Transantarctic Mountains |url=https://worldribus.org/transantarctic-mountains/|access-date=2024-12-26 |website=World Ribus}} | listing = Ultra Ribu | elevation_note= | map = Antarctica | map_alt = | map_caption = | map_size = | label = Mountaineer Range | label_position = | range_coordinates = | range_coordinates_note = | geology= | period=| orogeny= The Mountaineer Range () is the range of mountains lying between the Mariner Glacier and Aviator Glacier in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It lies to the south of the Victory Mountains and northeast of the Southern Cross Mountains.
Exploration and naming
The seaward parts of the Mountaineer Range were first viewed by James Clark Ross in 1841, and subsequently by several British and later American expeditions. The precise mapping of its overall features was accomplished from United States Navy air photographs and surveys by New Zealand and American parties in the 1950s and 1960s. The range was named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1958–59, in keeping with the backgrounds of members of the 1957–58 and 1958–59 field parties who made a reconnaissance of the area, and also in association with the names "Aviator" and "Mariner".
Location
The Mountaineer Range lies to the south of the Victory Mountains and northeast of the Southern Cross Mountains. It is bounded by the Aviator Glacier which forms below the Half-ration Névé to the west, and flows south-southeast to Lady Newnes Bay. The bay forms the eastern boundary of the range. To the north it is bound by the Hercules Névé and Mariner Glacier, which flows southeast to Lady Newnes Bay. Features of the eastern part include Bunker Bluff, Engberg Bluff, Index Point, Gauntlet Ridge, Spatulate Ridge, Apostrophe Island, Caliper Cove and Cape King.
Central features
|caption=Mountaineer Range in east of interior map, west of coastal map}}
Dessent Ridge
A mountainous, ice-covered ridge situated 5 mi east of Mount Murchison. The ridge trends north–south for 10 nmi. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by US-ACAN for Joseph E. Dessent, meteorologist at Hallett Station, 1961.
Mount Murchison
Mount Rittmann
Main article: Mount Rittmann
Northern features
Features in the north of the range include Whitcomb Ridge, Hobbie Ridge to the west, Mount Kinet to the south, Mount Anakiwa, Mount Supernal and Mount Montreuil to the north.
Whitcomb Ridge
Mount Kinet
Mount Anakiwa
Mount Supernal
Mount Montreuil
Western features
The western plateau of the range is near the head of the Aviator Glacier to the west, where it flows round Navigator Nunatak. To the north are the Astronaut Glacier, and Hercules Névé. The Pilot Glacier flows past the southeast side of the plateau into the Aviator Glacier.
Parasite Cone
Mount Overlord
Main article: Mount Overlord
Deception Plateau
Mount Noice
Main article: Mount Noice
Shockley Bluff
Southern features
The southwest of the Mountaineer Range is a triangular block of mountains between Aviator Glacier to the west, Aviator Glacier Tongue and Lady Newnes Bay to the south east and Icebreaker Glacier to the northeast. The Southern Cross Mountains are to the west and south. Features include Mount Monteagle, Cape Sibbald, the Parker Glacier and Andrus Point to the south, Mount Brabec, Finley Glacier, Dunn Glacier to the north, and Mount Casey, Mount Moriarty and Oakley Glacier to the east.
Mount Monteagle
Mount Brabec
Mount Casey
Mount Moriarty
References
Sources
- {{citation|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/fedgov/70039167/report.pdf |accessdate=2024-01-30 |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:C73189s1_Ant.Map_Coulman_Island.jpg |accessdate=2024-03-10 |title=Coulman Island |publisher=USGS: United States Geographic Board |ref= }}
- {{citation |url=https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=139534 |accessdate=2024-03-12 |title=Mount Rittmann |publisher=AADC: Australian Antarctic Data Centre |ref= }}
- {{citation |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:C73193s5_Ant.Map_Mount_Murchison.jpg |accessdate=2024-03-10 |title=Mount Murchison |publisher=USGS: United States Geographic Board |ref= }}
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