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La Grange Nunataks
Group of Nunataks in Antarctica
Group of Nunataks in Antarctica
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| photo_caption | Shackleton Range. La Grange Nunataks in the northeast (top left) |
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| volcanic_arc/belt = La Grange Nunataks () is a scattered group of nunataks extending west for 22 nmi from the mouth of Gordon Glacier, on the north side of the Shackleton Range, Antarctica. They were first mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) and were photographed in 1967 by U.S. Navy aircraft. They were named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Johannes J. La Grange, a South African meteorologist with the CTAE. Not: Beney Nunataks.
Features
Named geographical features on the 1983 United States Geological Survey map include:
Butterfly Knoll
Main article: Butterfly Knoll
Mathys Bank
Main article: Mathys Bank
Morris Hills
Main article: Morris Hills
Mount Beney
Main article: Mount Beney
Mount Etchells
Main article: Mount Etchells
The Dragons Back
Main article: The Dragons Back
True Hills
Main article: True Hills
Wiggans Hills
Main article: Wiggans Hills
Exposed rock hills, 2 mi long, rising to c. 700 m on the west side of the terminus of Gordon Glacier and forming the northernmost feature of La Grange Nunataks, Shackleton Range. Photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967, and surveyed by BAS, 1968-71. Named by the UK-APC in 1971 for Thomas H. Wiggans, BAS general assistant at Halley Station, 1968-70, who worked in the area during two seasons.
Mount Skidmore
Main article: Mount Skidmore
Lewis Chain
Main article: Lewis Chain
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.
- {{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C80020s1_Ant.Map_Shackleton_Range.jpg |accessdate=2023-12-04
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