Mount Freeman () is a prominent mountain, high, surmounting the base of Walker Ridge, northwest of Mount Lepanto, in the

Victory Mountains The Victory Mountains () is a major group of mountains in Victoria Land, Antarctica, about long and wide, which is bounded primarily by Mariner and Tucker glaciers and the Ross Sea. The division between these mountains and the Concord Mou ...

of Victoria Land, Antarctica.

Exploration and naming

Mount Freeman was mapped by the

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(USGS) from surveys and

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air photos, 1960–64. It was named by the United States

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(US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Elliott R. Freeman,

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, a helicopter aircraft commander during

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, 1968.

Location

Mount Freeman is in the

above the Borchgrevink Glacier to the south. It is at the center of a line of mountains to the north of the Borchgrevink Glacier from which alternating ridges and glaciers extend north to the

Tucker Glacier Tucker Glacier is a major valley glacier of Victoria Land, about 144 km (90 mi) long, flowing southeast between Admiralty Mountains and Victory Mountains to the Ross Sea. There is a snow saddle at the glacier's head, just west of Homerun ...

. These include, from west to east, McElroy Ridge,

Stafford Glacier Tucker Glacier is a major valley glacier of Victoria Land, about 144 km (90 mi) long, flowing southeast between Admiralty Mountains and Victory Mountains to the Ross Sea. There is a snow saddle at the glacier's head, just west of Hom ...

, Walker Ridge,

Coral Sea Glacier Coral Sea Glacier () is a southern tributary of Trafalgar Glacier, which in turn is a tributary of Tucker Glacier in Victoria Land. It was named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition of 1957–58, for the Battle of the Coral Sea ...

, Mount Freeman, Carter Ridge, Mount Lepanto,

Elder Glacier Elder Glacier () is a tributary glacier entering the Tucker Glacier just west of Oread Spur, in the Victory Mountains of Victoria Land. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–62, and ...

, Piore Ridge, Oread Spur,

Bowers Glacier Tucker Glacier is a major valley glacier of Victoria Land, about 144 km (90 mi) long, flowing southeast between Admiralty Mountains and Victory Mountains to the Ross Sea. There is a snow saddle at the glacier's head, just west of Homerun ...

, O'Neal Ridge, Mount Northampton, Purvis Peak,

Crater Cirque Tucker Glacier is a major valley glacier of Victoria Land, about 144 km (90 mi) long, flowing southeast between Admiralty Mountains and Victory Mountains to the Ross Sea. There is a snow saddle at the glacier's head, just west of Homer ...

, Walsh Spur,

Baker Glacier Tucker Glacier is a major valley glacier of Victoria Land, about 144 km (90 mi) long, flowing southeast between Admiralty Mountains and Victory Mountains to the Ross Sea. There is a snow saddle at the glacier's head, just west of Homerun ...

, Martin Hill and

Whitehall Glacier Whitehall Glacier () is a large glacier flowing north into Tucker Inlet between Daniell Peninsula and the southeast part of the Victory Mountains, in Victoria Land. Named by New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1957–58, ...

Features

McElroy Ridge

. A high mountainous ridge, long. Mapped in part by the

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(NZGSAE), 1957-58. Mapped in detail by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by US-ACAN for William D. McElroy, Director of the National Science Foundation, 1969-72.

Walker Ridge

. A high mountain ridge between

and

. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by US-ACAN for Doctor Eric A. Walker, president of

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and president of the National Academy of Engineering. He was a member of the National Science Board from 1960-64 and chairman from 1964-66.

Carter Ridge

. A high and mountainous ridge, long, located between Coral Sea Glacier and

. Mapped by the NZGSAE, 1957-58, and the USGS, 1960-62. Named by US-ACAN for American chemist Herbert E. Carter, member of the National Science Board, National Science Foundation, 1964-72; chairman, 1970-72.

Mount Lepanto

. A major peak, high, situated southeast of Mount Freeman. Named by NZGSAE, 1957-58, after the

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of 1571. One of a group of associated names in this area given by NZGSAE.

Piore Ridge

. A prominent ridge, long, located between

and

. Mapped by the NZGSAE, 1957-58, and the USGS, 1960-62. Named by US-ACAN for Emanuel Ruben Piore, American physicist, member of the National Science Board, National Science Foundation, 1961-72.

Mount Harrington

. One of the highest peaks in the east end of the Victory Mountains, rising to high on the west side of

and southwest of Mount Northampton. Named in 1960 by

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(NZ-APC) after geologist Hilary J. Harrington, who led the NZGSAE in exploring this region, 1957-58, and also led NZGSAE in the McMurdo Sound region, 1958-59;

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(USARP) investigator (with Russell J. Korsch) in the McMurdo Sound region, 1968-69.

Oread Spur

. A rock spur on the south side of Tucker Glacier, west of

, on which a survey station was placed at a height of high by the NZGSAE, 1957-58. They named it Oread (mountain nymph), which is derived from Greek mythology.

O'Neal Ridge

. A high ridge trending NE-SW, bounded by

Ingham Glacier Borchgrevink Glacier () is a large glacier in the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land, draining south between Malta Plateau and Daniell Peninsula, and thence projecting into Glacier Strait, Ross Sea, as a floating glacier tongue, the Borchgrevink G ...

and

Humphries Glacier Borchgrevink Glacier () is a large glacier in the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land, draining south between Malta Plateau and Daniell Peninsula, and thence projecting into Glacier Strait, Ross Sea, as a floating glacier tongue, the Borchgrevink G ...

. Named by US-ACAN for Russell D. O'Neal, member of the National Science Board, 1972-77. As part of his official duties in support of the United States science program, he visited several sites in Antarctica in 1975.

Mount Northampton

Spencer Compton, 2nd Marquess of Northampton

. A mountain high that rises above the central part of the ridge just east of

. Discovered in January 1841 by Sir

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, who named it for the

Spencer Compton, 2nd Marquess of Northampton Spencer Joshua Alwyne Compton, 2nd Marquess of Northampton (2 January 1790 – 17 January 1851), known as Lord Compton from 1796 to 1812 and as Earl Compton from 1812 to 1828, was a British nobleman and patron of science and the arts. Life The ...

, then President of the

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Purvis Peak

. A peak high northeast of Mount Northampton. The peak overlooks the terminus of Tucker Glacier from the south. Mapped by NZGSAE, 1957-58, and the USGS, 1960-62. Named by US-ACAN for Lieutenant (later Lieutenant Commander) Ronald S. Purvis, United States Navy, of Squadron VX-6, pilot of Otter aircraft at Ellsworth Station, 1956-57, and of R5D Skymaster aircraft at McMurdo Station, 1957-58.

Walsh Spur

. A pointed rock spur east of Mount Northampton. The spur forms the west side of the terminus of

. First mapped from surveys by NZGSAE, 1957-58, and United States Navy aerial photography. Named by US-ACAN for Commander Don Walsh, United States Navy, special assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research and Development, 1971-72. In 1960, with Jacques Piccard, Walsh descended to the bottom of the Mariana Trench in the Trieste.

Martin Hill

. A conspicuous ice-free hill at the west side of Whitehall Glacier. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by US-ACAN for P.J. Martin, New Zealand senior scientist at Hallett Station, 1961.

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