Ohio Range

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Hills in the Horlick Mountains of Antarctica

title: "Ohio Range" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["transantarctic-mountains", "mountain-ranges-of-marie-byrd-land"] description: "Hills in the Horlick Mountains of Antarctica" topic_path: "general/transantarctic-mountains" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_Range" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Hills in the Horlick Mountains of Antarctica ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox mountain"]

FieldValue
mapAntarctica
highestMount Schopf
elevation_m2990
country_typeContinent
countryAntarctica
part_typeArea
partMarie Byrd Land
range_coordinates
rangeHorlick Mountains
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| name = | other_name = | photo = | photo_alt = | photo_caption = | map = Antarctica | label = | highest = Mount Schopf | highest_location = | elevation_m = 2990 | prominence = | parent_peak = | isolation = | isolation_parent = | coordinates = | length = | length_orientation = | width = | width_orientation = | area = | country_type = Continent | country = Antarctica | part_type = Area | part = Marie Byrd Land | range_coordinates = | range = Horlick Mountains | access = The Ohio Range () is a range in the Transantarctic Mountains of Antarctica. It is about 30 nmi long and 10 nmi wide, extending west-southwest – east-northeast from Eldridge Peak to Mirsky Ledge. The range forms the northeast end of the Horlick Mountains and consists primarily of a large snow-topped plateau with steep northern cliffs and several flat-topped ridges and mountains. The highest point, 2990 m, is the summit of Mount Schopf.

Exploration and naming

The range was surveyed in 1958–59 by the United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) Horlick Mountains Traverse. In October 1958 William E. Long (for whom the Long Hills are named) made a round trip by air from the Byrd Station in West Antarctica over the Wisconsin Range, Ohio Range, Thiel Mountains and Whitmore Mountains. Long noted that the Ohio Range has a thick layer of stratified rocks. Later a tractor train visited the base of Mount Glossopteris, where four of the party climbed the mountain and collected samples of rock and fossils. The range was investigated in 1960–61 and 1961–62 by geologists of the Institute of Polar Studies of Ohio State University, for which the range is named.

Location

Features of the east of the Ohio Range, from west to east, include Eldridge Peak, Vann Peak, Knox Peak, Lackey Ridge, Bennett Nunataks, Darling Ridge and Tuning Nunatak. The Buckeye Table runs along the south of the central part. To its north are Ricker Canyon, Schulthess Bluff, Higgins Canyon, Treves Butte, Discovery Ridge and Mount Glossopteris. In the east Mount Schopf is surrounded by Terrace Ridge, Mercer Ridge and Skinner Peak. Mirsky Ledge is in the extreme east, with Urbanak Peak and Iverson Peak. A blue ice field on the west of the Treves Butte, 6 by, has been reviewed as a runway for wheeled aircraft. It is not considered promising.

Western features

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Ohio_Range_USGS_Topographic_Map.jpg" caption="Ohio Range in southeast of map"] ::

Eldridge Peak

Vann Peak

Knox Peak

Lackey Ridge

Thumb Promontory

Bennett Nunataks

Darling Ridge

Tuning Nunatak

Central features

Buckeye Table

Ricker Canyon

Schulthess Buttress

Higgins Canyon

Treves Butte

Discovery Ridge

Otago Spur

Quartz Pebble Hill

Mount Glossopteris

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Glossopteris_sp.,_seed_ferns,Permian-Triassic-Houston_Museum_of_Natural_Science-_DSC01765.JPG" caption="Glossopteris sp., seed ferns"] ::

Canterbury Spur

Museum Ledge

Salient Nunatak

Eastern features

Mount Schopf

Terrace Ridge

Mercer Ridge

Skinner Peak

Mirsky Ledge

Urbanak Peak

Iversen Peak

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://books.google.com/books?id=5Xk482GKlQsC&pg=PA319|accessdate=2024-01-16 |last1=Faure |first1=Gunter |first2=Teresa M. |last2=Mensing|date=21 September 2010|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-90-481-9390-5 |title=The Transantarctic Mountains: Rocks, Ice, Meteorites and Waterpage}}
  • {{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ohio_Range_USGS_Topographic_Map.jpg |accessdate=2024-01-17 |title=Ohio Range |publisher=USGS: United States Geological Survey |ref= }}
  • {{citation |url=https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA249503.pdf |title=Potential Airfield Sites in Antarctica for Wheeled Aircraft |last=Swithinbank |first=Charles |date=December 1991 |publisher=U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Cold Regions Research & Engineering Laboratory}}

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