The Duncan Mountains () are a group of rugged coastal foothills, about long, extending from the mouth of
Liv Glacier
Liv Glacier is a steep valley glacier, long, emerging from the Antarctic Plateau just southeast of Barnum Peak and draining north through the Queen Maud Mountains to enter Ross Ice Shelf between Mayer Crags and Duncan Mountains. It was discover ...
to the mouth of
Strom Glacier Strom Glacier () is a steep valley glacier flowing northeast from the north side of Mount Fridtjof Nansen to the head of the Ross Ice Shelf, flanked on the northwest by the Duncan Mountains and on the southeast by the Herbert Range. The glacier de ...
at the head of the
Ross Ice Shelf
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in
Antarctica
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. They were discovered by the
Byrd Antarctic Expedition
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in November 1929 and named for
James Duncan, the Manager of
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, shipping agents for the Byrd expeditions at
Dunedin
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, New Zealand.
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Features
Wishbone Ridge
Wishbone Ridge () is a Y-shaped ridge trending northeast from the main ridge of the Duncan Mountains. It is located between the Campbell and the Priestley glaciers and has granite outcrops.Morris Peak
Morris Peak () is a prominent peak, high, marking the northwest end of the Duncan Mountains of Antarctica, at the east side of the mouth of Liv Glacier where the latter enters Ross Ice Shelf. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic ...
and is unique among the series of ridges in the Duncan Mountains in that it bifurcates, giving an aerial view similar in shape to a "wishbone." The descriptive name was suggested by Edmund Stump of the United States Antarctic Research Program
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(USARP) Ohio State University
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field party who, with C.E. Corbatoo and P.V. Colbert, geologically mapped the ridge on December 21, 1974.
See also
*Pegmatite Point
The Duncan Mountains () are a group of rugged coastal foothills, about long, extending from the mouth of Liv Glacier to the mouth of Strom Glacier at the head of the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica. They were discovered by the Byrd Antarctic Exped ...
References
Mountain ranges of the Ross Dependency
Amundsen Coast
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