The Everett Range () is a rugged, mainly ice-covered range nearly long between Greenwell Glacier and

Ebbe Glacier Lillie Glacier () is a large glacier in Antarctica, about long and wide. It lies between the Bowers Mountains on the west and the Concord Mountains and Anare Mountains on the east, flowing to Ob' Bay on the coast and forming the Lillie Glacier T ...

in northwest

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 Ant ...

, Antarctica.

Discovery and naming

The Everett Range was mapped by the

United States Geological Survey The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology. The agency was founded on Mar ...

(USGS) from ground surveys and

aerial photographs Aerial photography (or airborne imagery) is the taking of photographs from an aircraft or other airborne platforms. When taking motion pictures, it is also known as aerial videography. Platforms for aerial photography include fixed-wing airc ...

taken by the

United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare, maritime military branch, service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is the world's most powerful navy with the largest Displacement (ship), displacement, at 4.5 millio ...

in the period 1960–63. It was named by the United States

Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica. History The committee was established ...

(US-ACAN) for Commander William H. Everett, U.S. Navy, Commander of Antarctic Squadron Six (

VX-6 Air Development Squadron Six (VX-6 or AIRDEVRON SIX, commonly referred to by its nickname, "puckered penguins") was a United States Navy Air Development Squadron based at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Established at Naval Air Station Patuxent Rive ...

), 1962–63.

Location

The Everett Range is in the

Concord Mountains Concord Mountains is a group name applied to a complex system of ranges in northwest Victoria Land, Antarctica. They comprise the Everett Range, Mirabito Range, King Range, Leitch Massif, East Quartzite Range and West Quartzite Range. They ar ...

. Everett Spur is the northwest point, where the

meets the

Lillie Glacier Lillie Glacier () is a large glacier in Antarctica, about long and wide. It lies between the Bowers Mountains on the west and the Concord Mountains and Anare Mountains on the east, flowing to Ob' Bay on the coast and forming the Lillie Glacier T ...

, which flows north along the west of the range. Mount Dockery, Mount Matthias, Pilon Peak and Mount Works are in the northwest section, west of the

Horne Glacier Lillie Glacier () is a large glacier in Antarctica, about long and wide. It lies between the Bowers Mountains on the west and the Concord Mountains and Anare Mountains on the east, flowing to Ob' Bay on the coast and forming the Lillie Glacier ...

, which flows south into the Greenwell Glacier where it joins the Lillie Glacier. The Greenwell Glacier separates the Everett Range from the

Mirabito Range The Mirabito Range () is a narrow, northwest-trending mountain range, long and wide that lies between the upper part of Lillie Glacier and the Greenwell Glacier in northern Victoria Land, Antarctica. The range is part of the Concord Mountains ...

to the southwest. The southeastern part of the range extends southeast between the Ebbe Glacier to the northeast and the Greenwell Glacier to the southwest.

Robinson Heights Robinson Heights in Antarctica () are the mainly ice-covered heights , elliptical in plan and long, which rise south of Anare Pass and form the northwest end of the Admiralty Mountains, Antarctica. Exploration and naming The Robinson Heights w ...

and the

Homerun Range The Homerun Range () is a northwest-trending range, long and wide, east of Everett Range at the heads of the Ebbe Glacier and Tucker Glacier in Victoria Land, Antarctica. Exploration and naming The name of the Homerun Range derives from "H ...

of the

Admiralty Mountains The Admiralty Mountains (alternatively Admiralty Range) is a large group of high mountains and individually named ranges and ridges in northeastern Victoria Land, Antarctica. This mountain group is bounded by the sea (Ross Sea and Southern Ocean) ...

are to its east and southeast. Features of the southeastern part include Mount Craven, Cantrell Peak, Mount Calvin and Mount Regina.

Features

Everett Spur

. A prominent rock spur which marks the northwest end of Everett Range and the junction of Ebbe Glacier with the Lillie Glacier. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by US-ACAN for Kaye R. Everett, geologist at McMurdo Station, 1967-68, and at Livingston Island, 1968-69.

Mount Dockery

. A mountain, high, standing west of Mount Matthias in the west part of Everett Range. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by US-ACAN for Lieutenant Olan L. Dockery, United States Navy Squadron VX-6, pilot who flew photographic flights in northern Victoria Land,

Queen Maud Mountains The Queen Maud Mountains () are a major group of mountains, ranges and subordinate features of the Transantarctic Mountains, lying between the Beardmore Glacier, Beardmore and Reedy Glaciers and including the area from the head of the Ross Ice Sh ...

, Britannia Range and the

McMurdo Sound The McMurdo Sound is a sound in Antarctica, known as the southernmost passable body of water in the world, located approximately from the South Pole. Captain James Clark Ross discovered the sound in February 1841 and named it after Lieutenant ...

area in the 1962-63 and 1963-64 seasons.

Mount Matthias

. A mountain high rising east-northeast of Mount Dockery. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by US-ACAN for Lieutenant Commander Jack M. Matthias, United States Navy, maintenance officer and aircraft commander with Squadron VX-6 in Operation Deep Freeze 1968 and 1969.

Pilon Peak

. A prominent peak high standing northeast of Mount Works along the west side of Horne Glacier. Mapped by USGS from ground surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by US-ACAN for Commander Jerome R. Pilon, United States Navy, Operations Officer of Antarctic Development Squadron Six (1967-68), Executive Officer (1968-69), and Commanding Officer (1969-70). Commander Pilon served on the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names of the United States Board on Geographic Names, 1976-78.

Mount Works

. A mountain, high, rising just west of Home Glacier and southwest of Pilon Peak. Mapped by USGS from ground surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by US-ACAN for Lieutenant W.W. Works, United States Navy, pilot of P2V aircraft on photographic missions in Victoria Land and other parts of Antarctica in 1961-62 and 1962-63.

Mount Craven

. A projecting type mountain high in the north part of Everett Range. The feature stands north of Cantrell Peak and overlooks Ebbe Glacier from the south. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy aerial photographs, 1960-63. Named by US-ACAN for Lieutenant Commander Alexander T. Craven, United States Navy, pilot of R4D aircraft in support of the USGS Topo West survey of this area in 1962-63. He returned to Antarctica, 1963-64.

Cantrell Peak

. A peak high standing north-northeast of Mount Calvin and overlooking Ebbe Glacier from the south, in the north part of Everett Range. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy aerial photographs, 1960-63. Named by US-ACAN for Major Robert L. Cantrell, USMC, pilot on photographic flights in C-130 aircraft during Operation Deep Freeze 1968 and 1969.

Mount Calvin

. A mountain over high, standing southeast of Pilon Peak in the south part of Everett Range. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy aerial photographs, 1960-63. Named for Lieutenant Calvin Luther Larsen, United States Navy, navigator and photographic officer of United States Navy Squadron VX-6 during Operation Deep Freeze 1969; as a chief photographer's mate, he wintered at Little America V in 1957. Lieutenant Larsen's first name was applied by US-ACAN to avoid a further overuse of the surname Larsen in Antarctic geographic names.

Mount Regina

. Mountain high standing west-northwest of Mount LeResche in the south part of Everett Range. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy photography, 1960-63. Named by US-ACAN for Thomas J. Regina, Photographer's Mate, United States Navy, on C-130 aircraft flights in the 1968-69 season. He was a member of the McMurdo Station winter party in 1963.

References

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