The Guettard Range () is a mountain range, long and wide, located northwest of

Bowman Peninsula Gardner Inlet () is a large, ice-filled inlet at the southwest side of Bowman Peninsula, on the east coast of Palmer Land, Antarctica. Location Gardner inlet is between the Lassiter Coast and the Orville Coast of the Weddell Sea to the east. ...

and between Johnston Glacier and

Irvine Glacier Gardner Inlet () is a large, ice-filled inlet at the southwest side of Bowman Peninsula, on the east coast of Palmer Land, Antarctica. Location Gardner inlet is between the Lassiter Coast and the Orville Coast of the Weddell Sea to the east. ...

, in the southeastern extremity of

Palmer Land Palmer Land () is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica that lies south of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This application of Palmer Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the Advisory Committee on Antarctic N ...

, Antarctica.

Location

The Guettard Range is in southeast

, in the base of the

Antarctic Peninsula The Antarctic Peninsula, known as O'Higgins Land in Chile and Tierra de San Martin in Argentina, and originally as Graham Land in the United Kingdom and the Palmer Peninsula in the United States, is the northernmost part of mainland Antarctica. ...

. It runs in a south-southeast direction between the

to the west and the Johnston Glacier to the east. It terminates in the

between

Gardner Inlet Gardner Inlet () is a large, ice-filled inlet at the southwest side of Bowman Peninsula, on the east coast of Palmer Land, Antarctica. Location Gardner inlet is between the Lassiter Coast and the Orville Coast of the Weddell Sea to the east. ...

and

Nantucket Inlet The Smith Peninsula () is an ice-covered, "dog-legged" peninsula long and wide, extending in an easterly direction between Keller Inlet and Nantucket Inlet from the east coast of Palmer Land, Antarctica. Location The Smith Peninsula is in so ...

on the

Lassiter Coast The Lassiter Coast is the portion of the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula that extends from Cape Mackintosh to Cape Adams. The northern portion of this coast was discovered and photographed from the air by the United States Antarctic Service ...

of the

Weddell Sea The Weddell Sea is part of the Southern Ocean and contains the Weddell Gyre. Its land boundaries are defined by the bay formed from the coasts of Coats Land and the Antarctic Peninsula. The easternmost point is Cape Norvegia at Princess Martha C ...

. The

Latady Mountains The Latady Mountains () are a group of mountains rising west of Gardner Inlet and between Wetmore Glacier and Ketchum Glacier, in southeastern Palmer Land, Antarctica. Location The Latady Mountains are in the southeast of Palmer Land. They ...

are west of the Irvine Glacier, and the Hutton Mountains are east of the Johnson Glacier. The Playfair Mountains are to the northeast. A largely featureless ice field is to the northwest. Features of the range, from north to south, include Mount Laudon, Johnston Spur, Mount Owen, Kelsey Cliff, Mount Lampert and Mount Mull.

Exploration and name

The Guettard Range was photographed from the air by the

Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition The Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) was an expedition from 1947–1948 which researched the area surrounding the head of the Weddell Sea in Antarctica. Background Finn Ronne led the RARE which was the final privately sponsored exp ...

(RARE), 1947–48. It was mapped from

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) surveys and

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air photographs, 1961–67, and 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 French naturalist and geologist

Jean-Étienne Guettard Jean-Étienne Guettard (22 September 1715 – 7 January 1786), was a French naturalist and mineralogist. He was born at Étampes, near Paris. In boyhood, he gained a knowledge of plants from his grandfather, who was an apothecary, and later ...

, 1715-86.

Features

Mount Laudon

. A prominent mountain standing north of Mount Crowell in the northwest part of Guettard Range. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1961-67. Named by US-ACAN for Thomas S. Laudon, geologist at Byrd Station, summer 1960-61, and member of the University of Wisconsin geological party to the Eights Station area, summer 1965-66.

Johnston Spur

. A spur in the central part of the Guettard Range, extending eastward to the flank of Johnston Glacier. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1961-67. Named by US-ACAN for Thomas M. Johnston, equipment operator with the South Pole Station winter party in 1965.

Mount Owen

. A mountain, high, standing northwest of Kelsey Cliff at the south side of Johnston Glacier. This mountain was photographed from the air in December 1940 by the USAS, and in 1947 by the RARE under Ronne, who in conjunction with the FIDS charted it from the ground. Named by Ronne for Arthur Owen, trail man with the RARE.

Kelsey Cliff

. A prominent cliff standing close southeast of Mount Owen in the east end of the Guettard Range. First mapped by the RARE-FIDS joint sledge party in 1947-48. Named for Lawrence D. Kelsey, radio operator with the RARE, 1947-48.

Mount Lampert

. Mountain about west of Kelsey Cliff in the southeast part of Guettard Range. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1961-67. Named by US-ACAN for Irwin R. Lampert, storekeeper at South Pole Station in 1964.

Mount Mull

. A mountain on the east flank of Irvine Glacier, standing southwest of Mount Owen. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1961-67. Named by US-ACAN for William B. Mull, cook at South Pole Station in 1964

References

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* * {{Include-USGov , agency=United States Geological Survey Mountain ranges of Palmer Land