The Demas Range () is a range about long that forms the lower east margin of the Berry Glacier in

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, Antarctica. The range trends north–south culminating in Mount Goorhigian, high.

Location

The Demas Range is northeast of the

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and east of the

Perry Range Perry Range () is a narrow range of mountains, long, separating the lower ends of Venzke Glacier and Berry Glacier where they enter Getz Ice Shelf, on the coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. Location The Perry Range trends from north to sou ...

, from which it is separated by the Berry Glacier. It is west of the DeVicq Glacier. It extends north to the

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. Features, from north to south, include Holmes Bluff, Kennel Peak, Rockney Ridge, Mount Goorhigian and Kouperov Peak. Features further south, to the east of the Berry Glacier, include Shibuya Peak, Patton Bluff, Cousins Rock and Coleman Nunatak.

Discovery and naming

The Demas Range was discovered by the

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(USAS), 1939–1941, led by Admiral

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. It was named by the United States

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(US-ACAN) for E.J. "Pete" Demas, a member of the

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s of 1928–1930 and 1933–1935.

Features

Holmes Bluff

. A bluff marking the north end of Demas Range. The feature was observed from aircraft of the United States Antarctic Service, 1939-41, but was first mapped in detail by the

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(USGS), 1959-65. Named by US-ACAN for Thomas J. Holmes, USARP meteorologist at Byrd Station, 1961.

Kennel Peak

. A small but notable rock peak over high about north of Rockney Ridge. Mapped by USGS from surveys and

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air photos, 1959-69. Named by US-ACAN for A. Alexander Kennel, ionospheric physicist, Station Scientific Leader at

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, 1969.

Rockney Ridge

. A rock ridge on the northeast side of Mount Goorhigian. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by US-ACAN for Vaughn D. Rockney, meteorologist at

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, 1968-69.

Mount Goorhigian

. The highest mountain, high, of the Demas Range. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by US-ACAN after Martin Goorhigian, USARP meteorologist at Byrd Station, 1961.

Kouperov Peak

. A peak high at the south end of the Demas Range. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by US-ACAN for Leonid Kouperov, Soviet Exchange Scientist (ionospheric physicist) to the United States Byrd Station, 1961.

Nearby features

Shibuya Peak

. A rocky summit high on the east side of Berry Glacier, southeast of Demas Range. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by US-ACAN for Franklin T. Shibuya, USARP meteorologist at Byrd Station, 1962.

Patton Bluff

. A bluff situated between Shibuya Peak and Coleman Nunatak on the east side of Berry Glacier. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by US-ACAN for Delbert E. Patton, USARP ionospheric physicist at Byrd Station, 1962.

Cousins Rock

. An isolated rock located eastward of the upper part of Berry Glacier and Patton Bluff, about northeast of Coleman Nunatak. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by US-ACAN for Michael D. Cousins, ionospheric physicist at Siple Station, 1969-70.

Coleman Nunatak

. A nunatak located near the head of Berry Glacier, south of Patton Bluff. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by US-ACAN after Richard I. Coleman, USARP meteorologist at Byrd Station, 1962.

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