Olympus Range
Mountain range in Antarctica
title: "Olympus Range" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["mountain-ranges-of-victoria-land", "mcmurdo-dry-valleys"] description: "Mountain range in Antarctica" topic_path: "general/mountain-ranges-of-victoria-land" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympus_Range" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Mountain range in Antarctica ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Olympus Range |
| country | Antarctica |
| region_type | Region |
| region | Victoria Land |
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| width_km | |
| map | Antarctica |
| label | Olympus Range |
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| geology | |
| :: |
| name=Olympus 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= | elevation_m= | elevation_note= | map = Antarctica | map_alt = | map_caption = | map_size = | label = Olympus Range | label_position = | range_coordinates = | range_coordinates_note = | geology= | period=| orogeny= The Olympus Range () is a primarily ice-free mountain range of Victoria Land, Antarctica, with peaks over 2000 m high, between Victoria Valley and McKelvey Valley on the north and Wright Valley on the south. It is south of the Clare Range and north of the Asgard Range.
Exploration and naming
The Olympus Range was mapped by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition, 1958–59, and named for the Mount Olympus, mythological home of the Greek gods. Peaks in the range are named for figures in Greek mythology.
Location
The Olympus Range extends from the Antarctic Plateau to the Wilson Piedmont Glacier on the west coast of the Ross Sea. The range is bounded by the Balham Valley, McKelvey Valley and Victoria Valley to the north, and the Wright Valley to the south.
Glaciers
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/C77198s1_Ant.Map_Taylor_Glacier.jpg" caption="Olympus Range north of center of mapped region"] ::
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/C77190s1_Ant.Map_Ross_Island.jpg" caption="East end of Olympus Range north of center"] ::
Glaciers and snowfields include, from west to east, Nakai Snowfield, Orestes Glacier, Cerberus Glacier, Sandy Glacier, Enyo Glacier, Clio Glacier, Eos Glacier, Chinn Glacier and Clark Glacier.
Nakai Snowfield
Orestes Glacier
Cerberus Glacier
Sandy Glacier
Enyo Glacier
Clio Glacier
Eos Glacier
Chinn Glacier
Western features
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/C77198s1_Ant.Map_Taylor_Glacier_Olympus_West.jpg" caption="West part of the Olympus Range. 1962 USGS map showing the larger peaks. More features have been named since then."] ::
Features to the north of Wright Upper Glacier and the Labyrinth, extending east to Mount Boreas and Mount Thrace, include (from west to east) Hawkins Cirque, Prentice Plateau, Mount Cassidy, Pentecost Cirque, Dean Cirque, Apollo Peak, Dipboye Cirque, Mount Electra, Leibert Cirque, Mount Dido, Mount Circe, Stuiver Valley, Mount Boreas and Mount Thrace.
Hawkins Cirque
Prentice Plateau
Mount Cassidy
Pentecost Cirque
Dean Cirque
Apollo Peak
Dipboye Cirque
Mount Electra
Leibert Cirque
Mount Dido
Mount Circe
Stuiver Valley
Mount Boreas
Mount Thrace
Central features
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/53/C77198s1_Ant.Map_Taylor_Glacier_Olympus_Center.jpg" caption="Central part of the Olympus Range"] ::
Central features, extending from Mount Aeolus east to the Bull Pass, include (from west to east), Mount Aeolus, Cartwright Valley, Fritsen Valley, Harris Ledge, Mount Hercules, Parish Ledge, Mount Jason, Goldich Crest and Gonzales Spur.
Mount Aeolus
Cartwright Valley
Fritsen Valley
Harris Ledge
Mount Hercules
Main article: Mount Hercules
Parish Ledge
Mount Jason
Goldich Crest
Gonzalez Spur
Eastern features
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/C77190s1_Ant.Map_Ross_Island_Olympus_East.jpg" caption="Eastern Olympus Range. 1962 USGS map showing the larger peaks. More features have been named since then."] ::
Eastern features, to the east of Bull Pass, include (from west to east), Mount Booth, Mount Cerebus, Orestes Valley, Mount Orestes, Wrenn Peak, Jones Terrace, Mount Peleus, Eurus Ridge, Baumann Valley, Nottage Ridge, Sanford Valley, McClelland Ridge, Poseidon Pond, Thomas Valley, Artemis Ridge, Mount Theseus, Mount Helios, Helios Ridge, Mount Allen and Mount Doorly.
Mount Booth
Main article: Mount Booth
Mount Cerberus
Orestes Valley
Mount Orestes
Wrenn Peak
Jones Terrace
Mount Peleus
Eurus Ridge
Baumann Valley
Nottage Ridge
Sanford Valley
McClelland Ridge
Poseidon Pond
Thomas Valley
Artemis Ridge
Mount Theseus
Mount Helios
Helios Ridge
Mount Allen
Mount Doorly
Notes
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:C77190s1_Ant.Map_Ross_Island.jpg |accessdate=2024-02-13 |title=Ross Island |publisher=USGS: United States Geological Survey |ref= }}
- {{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C77198s1_Ant.Map_Taylor_Glacier.jpg |accessdate=2024-02-13 |title=Taylor Glacier |publisher=USGS: United States Geological Survey |ref= }}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=17627 |name=Artemis Ridge}}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=17364 |name=Baumann Valley}}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=17472 |name=Cartwright Valley}}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=18684 |name=Dean Cirque}}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=18712 |name=Dipboye Cirque}}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=17643 |name=Eurus Ridge}}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=18686 |name=Fritsen Valley}}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=18687 |name=Goldich Crest}}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=18714 |name=Gonzalez Spur}}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=17382 |name=Harris Ledge}}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=18698 |name=Hawkins Cirque}}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=17385 |name=Helios Ridge}}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=17391 |name=Jones Terrace}}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=18673 |name=Leibert Cirque}}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=17401 |name=McClelland Ridge}}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=18679 |name=Mount Booth}}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=18709 |name=Mount Cassidy}}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=17384 |name=Mount Helios}}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=18662 |name=Mount Thrace}}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=18666 |name=Nakai Snowfield}}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=17405 |name=Nottage Ridge}}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=18697 |name=Parish Ledge}}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=18668 |name=Pentecost Cirque}}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=17663 |name=Poseidon Pond}}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=18691 |name=Prentice Plateau}}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=17416 |name=Sanford Valley}}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=17417 |name=Stuiver Valley}}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=17419 |name=Thomas Valley}}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=18665 |name=Wrenn Peak}}
- {{citation |url=https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=123411 |title=Cerberus Glacier |publisher=AADC: Australian Antarctic Data Centre |ref= }}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=17634 |name=Chinn Glacier}}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=17636 |name=Clio Glacier}}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=17641 |name=Enyo Glacier}}
- {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=17642 |name=Eos Glacier}}
- {{citation |url=https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=129686 |title=Orestes Glacier |publisher=AADC: Australian Antarctic Data Centre |ref= }}
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