Svaton Peaks () is a cluster of rugged peaks at the north end of the Queen Elizabeth Range, Antarctica, surmounting the area between the mouths of the

Heilman Glacier The Nimrod Glacier () is a major glacier about long, flowing from the polar plateau in a northerly direction through the Transantarctic Mountains into the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Location The Nimrod Glacier flows north between the Geologis ...

and

Otago Glacier The Nimrod Glacier () is a major glacier about long, flowing from the polar plateau in a northerly direction through the Transantarctic Mountains into the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Location The Nimrod Glacier flows north between the Geologis ...

Exploration and name

The Svaton Peaks were 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 tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1960–62. They were 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 Ernest M. Svaton,

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

McMurdo Station McMurdo Station is an American Antarctic research station on the southern tip of Ross Island. It is operated by the United States through the United States Antarctic Program (USAP), a branch of the National Science Foundation. The station is ...

, winter 1963 and 1964.

Location

Svaton Peaks are in the north of the Queen Elizabeth Range at the north end of a block bounded by the Inaccessible Cliffs along the coast of the

Nimrod Glacier The Nimrod Glacier () is a major glacier about long, flowing from the polar plateau in a northerly direction through the Transantarctic Mountains into the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Location The Nimrod Glacier flows north between the Geologis ...

to the north, the Hamilton Glacier to the west and the

to the east. Nearby features include the

, Mount Hofmann, Mount Sandved, Mount Dougherty and Mount Cara.

Features

Inaccessible Cliffs

. A line of steep cliffs, interrupted by several glaciers, which form the northern escarpment of the Queen Elizabeth Range. The escarpment borders the southern side of the Nimrod Glacier which is very heavily crevassed. Named by the northern party of the NZGSAE (1961-62) because of their general inaccessibility.

Mount Hofmann

. Snow-covered mountain, high, between the mouths of Hamilton Glacier and

. Mapped by the USGS from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by US-ACAN for Walther F. Hofmann, USARP glaciologist on the Ross Ice Shelf, 1962-63.

Mount Sandved

. Mountain, high, standing north of Mount Dougherty in the north part of the Queen Elizabeth Range. Mapped by the USGS from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by US-ACAN for Kurt G. Sandved, Information Officer at the Office of Antarctic Programs, National Science Foundation.

Mount Dougherty

. A mountain, high, between Mount Sandved and Mount Cara on the main north–south ridge in the north part of the Queen Elizabeth Range. Mapped by the USGS from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by US-ACAN for Ellsworth C. Dougherty, USARP biologist at McMurdo Sound, 1959-60 and 1961-62.

Mount Cara

. Peak, high, standing north-northwest of

Mount Lysaght Mount Markham () is a twin-peaked massif surmounting the north end of the Markham Plateau in the Queen Elizabeth Range of Antarctica. The peaks have elevations of and . Exploration and name Mount Markham was discovered by the British Nation ...

. Named by the

British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–09 The ''Nimrod'' Expedition of 1907–1909, otherwise known as the British Antarctic Expedition, was the first of three expeditions to the Antarctic led by Ernest Shackleton and his second time to the Continent. Its main target, among a range of ...

References

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