The Clark Mountains () are a group of low mountains rising above located in the

Ford Ranges The Ford Ranges () are a collection of mountain groups and ranges standing east of Sulzberger Ice Shelf and Block Bay in the northwest part of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. Location The Ford Ranges lie along the coast of Marie Byrd Land to the s ...

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. They are about east of the

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Location

The Clark Mountains are north of the head of the

Boyd Glacier Sulzberger Ice Shelf () is an ice shelf about long and wide bordering the coast of Marie Byrd Land between Edward VII Peninsula and Guest Peninsula in Antarctica. Exploration and name The Sulzberger Ice Shelf was observed and roughly mapped ...

, northeast of the

Mackay Mountains The Mackay Mountains () are a prominent group of peaks south of the Allegheny Mountains in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. Location The Mackay Mountains are south of the upper Boyd Glacier and east of the Hammond Glacier. Th ...

and east of the Allegheny Mountains. Features include, from west to east, Mount Atwood, Mount Jones, Mount Burnham, Mount Van Valkenburg, Mount Maglione, Mount Ekblaw and the Kelly Nunataks.

Discovery and name

The Clark Mountains were discovered and photographed on aerial flights in 1940 by the

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(USAS) and named for

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Features

Mount Atwood

. A mountain, high, at the west edge of the Clark Mountains. Discovered by the USAS in 1940 on aerial flights from the West Base. Named by the USAS for the late president emeritus W.W. Atwood, Sr., of Clark University, noted geologist and geographer, and his son, W.W. Atwood, Jr., who collaborated with his father in glaciological studies.

Mount Jones

. The northernmost summit of the Clark Mountains. Discovered on aerial flights from West Base of the USAS in 1940. Named for Clarence F. Jones, Professor of Geography at Clark University.

Mount Burnham

. A mountain, high, standing north of Mount Van Valkenburg. Discovered on aerial flights from West Base of the USAS in 1940 and named for Guy Burnham, Cartographer in the School of Geography of Clark University.

Mount Van Valkenburg

. A mountain, high, standing south of Mount Burnham. Discovered on aerial flights from West Base of the USAS (1939–41). Named for Professor. Samuel Van Valkenburg, Director of the School of Geography at Clark University.

Mount Maglione

. A low mountain northeast of Mount Ekblaw. Mapped by the

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(USGS) from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by the United States

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(US-ACAN) for Lieutenant (j.g.) Charles R. Maglione, United States Navy Reserve, navigator on LC-130F Hercules aircraft during Operation Deep Freeze 1968.

Mount Ekblaw

. A mountain, high, standing east of Mount Van Valkenburg in the east part of the Clark Mountains. Discovered on aerial flights from the West Base of the USAS in 1940. Named for W.E. Ekblaw, professor of geography at

and a member of the

Crocker Land Expedition The Crocker Land Expedition took place in 1913. Its purpose was to investigate the existence of Crocker Land, a huge island supposedly sighted by the explorer Robert Peary from the top of Cape Colgate in 1906. It is now believed that Peary fraud ...

in the Arctic (1913-17).

Kelly Nunataks

. The nunataks that mark the east extremity of the Clark Mountains. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by US-ACAN for John David Kelly,

United States Antarctic Research Program The United States Antarctic Program (or USAP; formerly known as the United States Antarctic Research Program or USARP and the United States Antarctic Service or USAS) is an organization of the United States government which has a presence in the ...

(USARP) ionospheric physicist at Byrd Station, 1968.

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