Tapley Mountains
Mountain range in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica
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::summary Mountain range in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox mountain"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| map | Antarctica |
| country_type | Continent |
| country | Antarctica |
| part_type | Area |
| part | Marie Byrd Land |
| range_coordinates | |
| range | Queen Maud Mountains |
| :: |
| name = | other_name = | photo = | photo_alt = | photo_caption = | map = Antarctica | label = | highest = | highest_location = | elevation_m = | coordinates = | country_type = Continent | country = Antarctica | part_type = Area | part = Marie Byrd Land | range_coordinates = | range = Queen Maud Mountains The Tapley Mountains () is a range of mountains fronting on the eastern side of the Scott Glacier, extending eastward for 35 nmi between Leverett Glacier and Albanus Glacier in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica.
Discovery and naming
The Tapley Mountains were discovered in December 1929 by the Richard E. Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Laurence McKinley Gould. They were named by Byrd for Harold Tapley of Dunedin, New Zealand, agent for the Byrd Antarctic Expedition of 1928–30 and 1933–35.
Location
The western end of the Tapley Mountains runs along the lower end of the Scott Glacier, and the Ross Ice Shelf to the north. The mountains are to the north of the Albanus Glacier, a tributary of the Scott Glacier. The Roe Glacier, another tributary of the Scott Glacier, runs northwest through the western Tapley Mountains. Features in the west include Bobo Ridge, Mount Hamilton, Mount Seebeck, Mount Stahlman, Mount Wallace, and (south of Roe Glacier) Mount Bushnell, Mount Durham, Durham Point and Pincer Point. Features to the east, between Albanus Glacier and Leverett Glacier, include Welch Peak, Mount Herr, Mount Gould, Mount Andes and Evans Butte.
Many of the features were mapped by the United States Geological Survey from ground surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-63.
Western features
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/C85150s1_Mount_Goodale.jpg" caption="Western Tapley Mountains in southeast of map"] ::
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/C85135s1_Ant.Map_Leverett_Glacier.jpg" caption="Easterm Tapley Mountains in southwest of map"] ::
Features of the western end of the range, from south to north, include:
Bobo Ridge
Mount Hamilton
Mount Seebeck
Mount Stahlman
Mount Wallace
Mount Bushnell
Mount Durham
Durham Point
Pincer Point
Eastern features
Features of the eastern part of the range, from west to east, include:
Welch Peak
Mount Herr
Mount Gould
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/Laurence_M.Gould_1961(cropped).jpg" caption="Laurence M. Gould"] ::
Mount Andes
Evans Butte
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://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C85135s1_Ant.Map_Leverett_Glacier.jpg |accessdate=2023-12-28 |title=Leverett Glacier |publisher=USGS: United States Geological Survey |ref= }}
- {{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C85150s1_Mount_Goodale.jpg |accessdate=2023-12-27 |title=Mount Goodale |publisher=USGS: United States Geological Survey |ref= }}
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