Worcester Range

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title: "Worcester Range" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["mountain-ranges-of-the-ross-dependency", "hillary-coast"] description: "Mountain Range in Antarctica" topic_path: "general/mountain-ranges-of-the-ross-dependency" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worcester_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	Worcester Range
country_type	Continent
country	Antarctica
region	Hillary Coast
parent	Transantarctic Mountains
length_km
width_km
highest	Mount Harmsworth
elevation_m	2765
prominence_m	1466
prominence_ref	{{Cite web
url	https://worldribus.org/transantarctic-mountains/
listing	Ribu
range_coordinates
map	Antarctica
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| name=Worcester Range | photo= | photo_caption= | country_type=Continent | country=Antarctica | region=Hillary Coast | parent=Transantarctic Mountains | border= | geology= | period= | orogeny= | length_km= | length_orientation= | width_km= | width_orientation= | highest=Mount Harmsworth | elevation_m=2765 | prominence_m=1466 | prominence_ref={{Cite web |title=World Ribus – Transantarctic Mountains |url=https://worldribus.org/transantarctic-mountains/|access-date=2024-12-26 |website=World Ribus}} | listing=Ribu |range_coordinates = | map= Antarctica The Worcester Range () is a high coastal range, about 30 nmi long, in Antarctica. It stands between Skelton Glacier and Mulock Glacier on the western side of the Ross Ice Shelf. It is southwest of the Royal Society Range and north of the Conway Range of the Cook Mountains.

Exploration and naming

The Worcester Range was probably named after the training ship in the Thames, in which many officers of early British Antarctic expeditions trained. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (BrNAE), 1901–04. The name seems to have been first applied on the charts of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–09.

Location

The range is part of the Prince Albert-McMurdo Range, which also includes the Prince Albert Mountains, in the Victoria Land region of New Zealand's Ross Dependency claim. These ranges are part of the larger Transantarctic Mountains, which span the continent.

The Worcester Range is bounded to the east by the Skelton Glacier, which flows south to the Ross Ice Shelf from the Skelton Névé to the northwest. There are scattered peaks and nunataks in the ice-covered land to the west. The Mulock Glacier flows in a southeast direction to the ice cap, defining the southern boundary of the range. Cape Timberlake is the southeast tip of the range, between Evteev Glacier and Skelton Glacier. Cape Teall is the southwest tip of the range, where Evteev Glacier meets Mulock Glacier.

Glaciers

Glaciers flowing from the range into Skelton Glacier include, from north to south, Delta Glacier ending south of Delta Bluff, Dilemma Glacier, Ant Hill Glacier, ending south of Ant Hill and north of Bareface Bluff, Mason Glacier ending south of Bareface Bluff, and Evteev Glacier, flowing from south of The Podium past Cape Timberlake. The Kehle Glacier forms to the southwest of Mount Speyer and flows southwest to enter Mulock Glacier.

Features

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/C78198s1_Ant.Map_Mount_Harmsworth.jpg" caption="Worcester Range in southeast"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/C79197s1_Ant.Map_Carlyon_Glacier.jpg" caption="Southern tip of range in northeast"] ::

Features of the Worcester Range include, from north to south, Mount Harmsworth, Delta Bluff, Northcliffe Peak, Ant Hill, Bareface Bluff, Mount Speyer, Mount Dawson-Lambton and The Podium.

Mount Harmsworth

Delta Bluff

Northcliffe Peak

Mount Marks

A broad ice-covered mountain rising to 2600 m high, 5 nmi north-northwest of Mount Speyer in Worcester Range. Named after Rodney Marks (1968-2000), an Australian citizen who died while conducting astrophysical research as a member of the 2000 winter party at the NSF South Pole Station. He was employed by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, working on the Antarctic Submillimeter Telescope and Remote Observatory, a research project of the University of Chicago's Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica (CARA). He previously had spent the 1998 winter at the Pole as part of CARA's South Pole Infrared Explorer project.

Ant Hill

Bareface Bluff

Mount Speyer

Mount Dawson-Lambton

Jensen Rampart

Steep rock cliffs that rise to 1600 m at the southwest edge of Worcester Range. The cliffs are 6 nmi west of Mount Speyer and overlook the north side of Mulock Glacier. Named after Kate Jensen, NOAA field team leader at South Pole Station; also worked for ASA and Raytheon at South Pole.

The Podium

Nearby features

Isolated features to the north and west of the range include (from north east to south west) Clem Nunatak, Escalade Peak, Tate Peak, Swartz Nunataks and Mount Marvel.

Clem Nunatak

Escalade Peak

Tate Peak

Swartz Nunataks

Mount Marvel

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:C79197s1_Ant.Map_Carlyon_Glacier.jpg |accessdate=2024-02-12 |title=Carlyon Glacier |publisher=USGS: United States Geological Survey |ref= }}
• {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=18224 |name=Jensen Rampart}}
• {{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C78198s1_Ant.Map_Mount_Harmsworth.jpg |accessdate=2024-02-12 |title=Mount Harmsworth |publisher=USGS: United States Geological Survey |ref= }}
• {{cite gnis2 |type=antarid |id=18223 |name=Mount Marks}}

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