The Grosvenor Mountains () are a group of widely scattered mountains and
nunataks rising above the Antarctic polar plateau east of the head of
Mill Glacier, extending from
Mount Pratt in the north to the
Mount Raymond area in the south, and from
Otway Massif in the northwest to
Larkman Nunatak
Larkman Nunatak () is a large, isolated rock nunatak, high, at the southeast end of the Grosvenor Mountains of Antarctica, east of Mauger Nunatak. It was named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1961–62) for a chief e ...
in the southeast. They were discovered by Rear Admiral
Richard E. Byrd
Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957) was an American naval officer and explorer. He was a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the highest honor for valor given by the United States, and was a pioneering American aviator, p ...
on the
Byrd Antarctic Expedition
Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957) was an American naval officer and explorer. He was a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the highest honor for valor given by the United States, and was a pioneering American aviator, p ...
flight to the
South Pole
The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole, Terrestrial South Pole or 90th Parallel South, is one of the two points where Earth's axis of rotation intersects its surface. It is the southernmost point on Earth and lies antipod ...
in November 1929, and named by him for
Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor
Gilbert Hovey Grosvenor (; October 28, 1875 – February 4, 1966), father of photojournalism, was the first full-time editing, editor of the ''National Geographic'' magazine (1899–1954). Grosvenor is credited with having built the magazine into ...
, President of the
National Geographic Society
The National Geographic Society (NGS), headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, is one of the largest non-profit scientific and educational organizations in the world.
Founded in 1888, its interests include geography, archaeology, an ...
, which helped finance the expedition. Several peaks near Mount Raymond were apparently observed by
Ernest Shackleton
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (15 February 1874 – 5 January 1922) was an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic. He was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of ...
in 1908, although they were then considered to be a continuation of the
Dominion Range.
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Features
Geographical features include: