Willett Range

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Mountain range in Victoria Land, Antarctica

title: "Willett Range" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["mountain-ranges-of-victoria-land", "scott-coast", "willett-range"] description: "Mountain range in Victoria Land, Antarctica" topic_path: "general/mountain-ranges-of-victoria-land" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willett_Range" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Mountain range in Victoria Land, Antarctica ::

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| name=Willett 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 = Willett Range | label_position = | range_coordinates = | range_coordinates_note = | geology= | period=| orogeny= The Willett Range () is the range extending north from Mistake Peak and running for 20 nmi as a high shelf along the edge of the continental ice to the Mackay Glacier, in Victoria Land. The range is breached by several glaciers flowing east from the plateau.

Name

The Willett Range was named by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE; 1956–58) for R.W. Willett, Director of the New Zealand Geological Survey, who gave valuable assistance throughout the expedition and in the compilation stages after its return.

Location

::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"] ::

The Willet Range runs from south to north along the eastern side of the Antarctic Plateau. It is north of Wright Upper Glacier and the Olympus Range, and west of Balham Valley, the Apocalypse Peaks, Barwick Valley, the Cruzen Range, and Clare Range. The head of the Mackay Glacier is to the north.

Head Mountains

Mount DeWitt

Mount Littlepage

Pedalling Ice Field

Mount Dearborn

Cycle Glacier

Coalbed Mountain

Robison Peak

Rim Glacier

Mulligan Peak

Southern features

Southern named features in or near the range include:

Metcalf Spur

A rock spur, 1.5 nmi long, which extends from Shapeless Mountain northwest to Pākira Nunatak on the plateau of Willett Range. Named by US-ACAN (2005) after Altie Metcalf, Budget and Planning Officer, Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, 1995-2005.

Gabites Glacier

A glacier on the headwall of Caffin Valley, 0.3 nmi west of the head of Walker Glacier. Named by the New Zealand Geographic Board (2005) after Isobel (Helen) Gabites, a member of the Victoria University's Antarctic Expeditions (VUWAE) geological party at Mount Bastion and Allan Hills, 1982-83.

Gibson Spur

Mount Bastion

Ormerod Terrace

A ramplike rock platform, 2 nmi long, that parallels the south flank of McSaveney Spur, Willett Range, and declines moderately toward the Webb Glacier. The terrace has a median elevation of 1600 m high and rises 300 m high above Caffin Valley (q.v.). Named by US-ACAN (2005) after Robin Ormerod, editor 1984-95 of Antarctic, the widely read publication of the New Zealand Antarctic Society.

Welch Crag

A steep rugged peak, which is marked by secondary spires rising to 1500 m high in the northeast part of McSaveney Spur. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (2005) after Kathleen A. Welch, Department of Geology, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL; team member in United States Antarctic Project (USAP) McMurdo Dry Valleys Long-Term Ecological Research, 11 field seasons 1994-2004.

McSaveney Spur

Nunataks

Nunataks on the Willet Range plateau include:

Pākira Nunatak

A nunatak, 2400 m high, at the north end of Metcalf Spur on the plateau of Willett Range. The nunatak is 1.75 nmi northwest of Shapeless Mountain. “Pākira” is a Maori word, meaning bald head, and was applied descriptively to this nunatak in 2005 by the New Zealand Geographic Board.

Clegg Nunataks

A nunatak group, 1.4 nmi long, lying above (southwest of) Haselton Icefall in the upper part of Haselton Glacier. Named by the New Zealand Geographic Board (2005) after Keith Clegg, Information Officer, Antarctic Division, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, 1979-88.

Totoa Nunatak

A nunatak at the southwest end of the Moremore Nunataks, 0.8 nmi west of Mount Bastion, on the plateau of the Willett Range. “Totoa” is a Maori wind word, meaning boisterous and stormy, and was applied descriptively to this nunatak in 2005 by the New Zealand Geographic Board.

Moremore Nunataks

A nunatak group 2 nmi long, immediately west of McSaveney Spur and Mount Bastion on the plateau of Willett Range. “Moremore” is a Maori word, meaning bald head, and was applied descriptively to these nunataks in 2005 by the New Zealand Geographic Board.

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}}
  • {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=18781 |name=Clegg Nunataks}}
  • {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=19130 |name=Coalbed Mountain}}
  • {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=17347 |name=Cycle Glacier}}
  • {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=18786 |name=Gabites Glacier}}
  • {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=19136 |name=Head Mountains}}
  • {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=18751 |name=Metcalf Spur}}
  • {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=18789 |name=Moremore Nunataks}}
  • {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=18755 |name=Ormerod Terrace}}
  • {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=18790 |name=Pākira Nunatak}}
  • {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=17359 |name=Pedalling Ice Field}}
  • {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=17360 |name=Rim Glacier}}
  • {{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=18794 |name=Totoa Nunatak}}
  • {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=18767 |name=Welch Crag}}

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