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Victory Mountains
The Victory Mountains () are a major group of mountains in Victoria Land, Antarctica, about long and wide, which is bounded primarily by Mariner and Tucker glaciers and the Ross Sea. They are north of the Mountaineer Range, east of the Freyberg Mountains and south of the Concord Mountains and the Admiralty Mountains. The division between the Victory Mountains and the Concord Mountains (to the northwest) is not precise but apparently lies in the vicinity of Thomson Peak. Exploration and name A Ross Sea aspect of the mountains was first obtained by early British expeditions of James Clark Ross, Carsten Borchgrevink, Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton. The mapping of the interior mountains was largely done from air photos taken by the United States Navy and surveys undertaken by New Zealand and American parties in the 1950s and 1960s. The Victory Mountains were named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) 1957-58, because of the proximity ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region in eastern Antarctica which fronts the western side of the Ross Sea and the Ross Ice Shelf, extending southward from about 70°30'S to 78th parallel south, 78°00'S, and westward from the Ross Sea to the edge of the Antarctic Plateau. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after Victoria of the United Kingdom, Queen Victoria. The rocky promontory of Minna Bluff is often regarded as the southernmost point of Victoria Land, and separates the Scott Coast to the north from the Hillary Coast of the Ross Dependency to the south. History Early explorers of Victoria Land include James Clark Ross and Douglas Mawson. In 1979, scientists discovered a group of 309 Meteorite, meteorites in Antarctica, some of which were found near the Allan Hills in Victoria Land. The meteorites appeared to have undergone little change since they were formed at what scientists believe was the birth of the Solar System. In 1981, Lichen, lichens fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Millen Range
The Millen Range () is a prominent northwest–southeast trending mountain range, located west of the Cartographers Range in the Victory Mountains of Antarctica. Peaks in the range include Inferno, Omega, Le Couteur, Head, Cirque, Gless, Turret, Crosscut and Mount Aorangi. It was named by the New Zealand Federated Mountain Clubs Antarctic Expedition (NZFMCAE) of 1962–63, for John M. Millen, leader of the expedition. Location The Millen Range in the western Victory Mountains extends in a southeast direction to the east of the East Quartzite Range, Destination Nunataks and Barker Range. It is bounded to the east by the Pearl Harbor Glacier, Muller Glacier, Lensen Glacier and Wood Glacier. Features Features include, from northwest to southeast, Inferno Peak . A peak north of Le Couteur Peak in the north end of Millen Range. So named by the Southern Party of NZFMCAE, 1962-63, because geologic examination showed it contained the granite/greywacke contact, with baking of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Freeman
Mount Freeman () is a prominent mountain, high, surmounting the base of Walker Ridge, northwest of Mount Lepanto, in the Victory Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. Exploration and naming Mount Freeman was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960–64. It was named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Elliott R. Freeman, United States Navy Reserve, a helicopter aircraft commander during Operation Deep Freeze, 1968. Location Mount Freeman is in the Victory Mountains above the Borchgrevink Glacier to the south. It is at the center of a line of mountains to the north of the Borchgrevink Glacier from which alternating ridges and glaciers extend north to the Tucker Glacier. These include, from west to east, McElroy Ridge, Stafford Glacier, Walker Ridge, Coral Sea Glacier, Mount Freeman, Carter Ridge, Mount Lepanto, Elder Glacier, Piore Ridge, Oread Spur, Bowers Glac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borchgrevink Glacier
Borchgrevink Glacier () is a large glacier in the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land, Antarctica. It drains south between Malta Plateau and Daniell Peninsula, and thence projects into Glacier Strait (Antarctica), Glacier Strait, Ross Sea, as a floating glacier tongue. Exploration and naming It was named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, 1957–58, for Carsten Borchgrevink, leader of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1898–1900. Borchgrevink visited the area in February 1900 and first observed the seaward portion of the glacier. Geography The Borchgrevink Glacier forms between Mount Frosch and Mount Lepanto in the Victory Mountains to the south of Trafalgar Glacier, and flows southeast and then south to the Ross Sea. It is joined by several small glaciers from the left (northeast) including Ingham Glacier just before O'Neal Ridge and Humphries Glacier just after that ridge. Humphries Glacier saddles with Whitehall Glacier, which flows northeast between t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Riddolls
Mount Riddolls () is a very prominent mountain, high, situated directly at the head of Rudolph Glacier in the Victory Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. Name Mount Riddolls was named by the Mariner Glacier geology party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) of 1966–67, for Bruce W. Riddolls, the assistant geologist with the party. Location Mount Riddolls is in the Victory Mountains above the head of the Borchgrevink Glacier. The Hand Glacier is to the south. It is east of the Malta Plateau and southwest of Mount Freeman The Clapp Ridge, Stever Ridge and Hackerman Ridge radiate from the mountain, as does the ridge that holds Mount Frosch. Mount Lopatin stands on the Stever Ridge. Features Clapp Ridge . A narrow, steep-sided ridge about long, forming the north wall of Hand Glacier. Mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by the United States Advisory Committee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniell Peninsula
Daniell Peninsula () is the large peninsula between Cape Daniell and Cape Jones on the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It is an elongated basalt dome similar to Adare Peninsula and Hallett Peninsula and rises to . It is partly separated from the Victory Mountains by Whitehall Glacier, which is afloat in its lower reaches, but is joined to these mountains by the higher land in the vicinity of Mount Prior. It was named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1957–58, after Cape Daniell, and by analogy with the Adare and Hallett peninsulas. Geology The Daniell Peninsula consists of at least four overlapping shield volcanoes that form part of the Hallett Volcanic Province of the McMurdo Volcanic Group. Mount Brewster forms the central portion of the Daniell Peninsula and rises to an elevation of , forming the highest point on the peninsula. K–Ar or Rb–Sr dating has given an age of 12.4 ± 0.2 million years for Mount Brewster pantelleritic tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malta Plateau
The Malta Plateau () is an ice-covered plateau of about extent in the Victory Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. The plateau is irregular in shape and is bounded on the south and west by Mariner Glacier, on the north by tributaries to Trafalgar Glacier, and on the east by tributaries to Borchgrevink Glacier. Name The Malta Plateau was named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) to commemorate the island of Malta in association with the Victory Mountains. Geology The plateau is part of the Melbourne Volcanic Province of the McMurdo Volcanic Group. Location The Malta Plateau is to the south of the Trafalgar Glacier, to the east and north of the Seafarer Glacier and the Mariner Glacier, and to the west of the Borchgrevink Glacier. The west of the plateau is drained by Potts Glacier to the south, Olson Glacier and Wilhelm Glacier to the west, Osuga Glacier and Trainer Glacier to the north. Features of the west include Mount Heg, Thomas Peak, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trafalgar Glacier
Tucker Glacier () is a major valley glacier of Victoria Land, Antarctica, about long, flowing southeast between the Admiralty Mountains and the Victory Mountains to the Ross Sea. There is a snow saddle at the glacier's head, just west of Homerun Range, from which the Ebbe Glacier flows northwestward. Exploration and naming Explored by New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1957–58, and named by them after Tucker Inlet, the ice-filled coastal indentation at the mouth of this glacier named by Captain James Clark Ross in 1841. Geography The upper reaches of the Tucker Glacier south of the Homerun Range saddle with the Greenwell Glacier and Jutland Glacier, in the Lillie Glacier basin. The Tucker Glacier is fed by the Rastorfer Glacier from the left (north) and then by the Leander Glacier after it has been joined by the Church Glacier. South of the McGregor Range the Man-O-War Glacier enters from the northeast, combined with the Freimanis Glacier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cartographers Range
Cartographers Range () is a rugged range about long in the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land in Antarctica. It is bounded on the north by Pearl Harbor Glacier, on the east by Tucker Glacier, and on the south by Hearfield Glacier and Trafalgar Glacier. Mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960–64. Named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for the cartographers and cartographic technicians of the Branch of Special Maps, USGS. Glaciers The Cartographers Range is bounded to the north by the Lensen Glacier and Pearl Harbor Glacier, to the east by the Tucker Glacier and to the south by the Wood Glacier and Trafalgar Glacier. The Lensen Glacier, DeWald Glacier and Whiplash Glacier flow north from the range into the Pearl Harbor Glacier. The Wood Glacier, Croll Glacier, Hearfield Glacier and Coulston Glacier flow south into the Trafalgar Glacier. Features Features include, fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pearl Harbor Glacier
Tucker Glacier () is a major valley glacier of Victoria Land, Antarctica, about long, flowing southeast between the Admiralty Mountains and the Victory Mountains to the Ross Sea. There is a snow saddle at the glacier's head, just west of Homerun Range, from which the Ebbe Glacier flows northwestward. Exploration and naming Explored by New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1957–58, and named by them after Tucker Inlet, the ice-filled coastal indentation at the mouth of this glacier named by Captain James Clark Ross in 1841. Geography The upper reaches of the Tucker Glacier south of the Homerun Range saddle with the Greenwell Glacier and Jutland Glacier, in the Lillie Glacier basin. The Tucker Glacier is fed by the Rastorfer Glacier from the left (north) and then by the Leander Glacier after it has been joined by the Church Glacier. South of the McGregor Range the Man-O-War Glacier enters from the northeast, combined with the Freimanis Glacier from t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saxby Range
The Saxby Range () is a broad mountain range, rising to , in the Victory Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It is bounded by Jutland Glacier, Tucker Glacier, Pearl Harbor Glacier, and Midway Glacier. Name The Saxby Range was named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) in 1982 after Eric Saxby, field leader and coordinator of NZ projects during the International Northern Victoria Land Project, 1981–82. Location The Bertalan Peak is in a block between the Jutland Glacier and McKellar Glacier to the west, Pearl Harbor Glacier to the south, Tucker Glacier to the east and north. It is drained to the south by Summers Glacier and to the west by Montecchi Glacier. Features include Boss Peak and Bridwell Peak in the north, Mount Hazlett and Latino Peak in the southeast. Features Boss Peak . An isolated black peak high at the east side of the terminus of Jutland Glacier, north-northeast of Thomson Peak, in the northwest part of the Victory Mount ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
