The Anare Mountains () are a large group of mainly snow-covered
peaks and ridges along the northern coast of
Victoria Land,
Antarctica. The group is bounded on the north and east by the
Pacific Ocean, on the west by
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 ...
, and on the south by
Robertson Glacier,
Ebbe Glacier
Ebbe Glacier () is a tributary glacier about long, draining northwest from the Homerun Range and the Robinson Heights, and then west-northwest between the Everett Range and the Anare Mountains into Lillie Glacier, Victoria Land, Antarctica. This ...
and
Dennistoun Glacier.
Kirkby Glacier, in length, drains the central Anare Mountains and flows northwest to the sea from
Cape North, and just north of
Arthurson Bluff
Kirkby Glacier is a glacier, in length. This glacier drains the central Anare Mountains of Antarctica and flows northwest to the sea from Cape North, and just north of Arthurson Bluff, northern Victoria Land. Richardson Bluff rises from its e ...
, northern
Victoria Land.
The mountain range is situated on the Pennell Coast, a portion of Antarctica lying between
Cape Williams Cape Williams () is an ice-covered cape in Antarctica. It is the termination of Buell Peninsula at the east side of the terminus of Lillie Glacier at the lower ends of George Glacier and Zykov Glacier. The peninsula is 15 nautical miles (28 km) ...
and
Cape Adare
Cape Adare is a prominent cape of black basalt forming the northern tip of the Adare Peninsula and the north-easternmost extremity of Victoria Land, East Antarctica.
Description
Marking the north end of Borchgrevink Coast and the west e ...
.
Mountains in this area were first sighted by Captain
James Clark Ross in 1841. They were photographed during
United States Navy Operation Highjump
Operation HIGHJUMP, officially titled The United States Navy Antarctic Developments Program, 1946–1947, (also called Task Force 68), was a United States Navy (USN) operation to establish the Antarctic research base Little America IV. The opera ...
(1946–1947) and were surveyed by
United States Geological Survey helicopter teams, 1962–63. Named by the northern party of the
New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, 1963–64, for the
Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions
The Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE ) is the historical name for the Australian Antarctic Program (AAp) administered for Australia by the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD).
History
Australia has had a long involv ...
(ANARE), 1962, under
Phillip Law
Phillip Garth Law, AC, CBE, FAA, FTSE (21 April 1912 – 28 February 2010) was an Australian scientist and explorer who served as director of Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) from 1949 to 1966.
Early life
Law was ...
, which performed survey work along the coast.
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See also
* Buell Peninsula
* Prince Charles Mountains
*Tiger Peak
The Anare Mountains () are a large group of mainly snow-covered peaks and ridges along the northern coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. The group is bounded on the north and east by the Pacific Ocean, on the west by Lillie Glacier, and on the sout ...
References
Mountain ranges of Victoria Land
Pennell Coast
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