Hughes Basin () is a large basinlike

névé Névé is a young, granular type of snow which has been partially melted, refrozen and compacted, yet precedes the form of ice. This type of snow can contribute to glacier formation through the process of ''nivation''. Névé that survives a ...

which is bounded except to the south by the Ravens Mountains, Mount Henderson, Mount Olympus and Mount Quackenbush. The feature is long and the ice surface descends north–south from near Mount Olympus to near Darnell Nunatak, where there is discharge to

Byrd Glacier The Byrd Glacier () is a major glacier in Antarctica, about long and wide. It drains an extensive area of the Antarctic plateau, and flows eastward to discharge into the Ross Ice Shelf. Location The Byrd Glacier flows eastward between the B ...

Name

Hughes Basin was named after Terence J. Hughes of the Department of Geological Sciences and Institute of Quaternary Studies, University of Maine, Orono, who made an intensive study of the Byrd Glacier, 1978-79, entailing photogrammetric determination of the elevation of the ice surface and its velocity, radio-echo sounding from LC-130 aircraft, and ground survey from fixed stations close to Byrd Glacier and moving stations on the glacier itself.

Location

Hughes Basin is a large circular feature in the southwest of the Britannia Range to the south of

Mount Henderson Mount Henderson may refer to one of several various mountains, including: in Antarctica: * Mount Henderson (White Island) * Mount Henderson (Britannia Range) * Mount Henderson (Holme Bay) elsewhere: * Mount Henderson (Washington), in the Olym ...

. Features in or surrounding the

include

Mount Olympus Mount Olympus (, , ) is an extensive massif near the Thermaic Gulf of the Aegean Sea, located on the border between Thessaly and Macedonia (Greece), Macedonia, between the regional units of Larissa (regional unit), Larissa and Pieria (regional ...

, Mount Quackenbush, Mount Rummage, Darnell Nunatak and the

Ravens Mountains Ravens Mountains () is a symmetrical group of mountains on the west side of Hughes Basin in Britannia Range, Antarctica. The mountains are long and rise to in Doll Peak. Name The Ravens Mountains were named after the 109th Airlift Wing of t ...

Features

Menster Ledge

A relatively level benchlike feature which rises to high, southwest of

in Hughes Basin. The feature is wide and is smoothly ice covered in the central and north portions; an abrupt ice and rock cliff forms the south end of the ledge. Named after Chaplain William J. Menster (Commander, U.S. Navy) of the flagship ''Mount Olympus'' in

Operation Deep Freeze Operation Deep Freeze is the code name for a series of United States missions to Antarctica, beginning with "Operation Deep Freeze I" in 1955–56, followed by "Operation Deep Freeze II", "Operation Deep Freeze III", and so on. (There was an init ...

, 1946-47. The location of the ledge is in proximity to Byrd Glacier, Mount Olympus, and other features that memorialize leaders and ships of Operation High Jump.

Mount Quackenbush

. A flat-topped mountain, high, which forms a projecting angle along the steep cliffs bordering the north side of

, just west of

Peckham Glacier The Byrd Glacier () is a major glacier in Antarctica, about long and wide. It drains an extensive area of the Antarctic plateau, and flows eastward to discharge into the Ross Ice Shelf. Location The Byrd Glacier flows eastward between the ...

. 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 Captain Robert S. Quackenbush, Jr., chief of staff to Admiral Cruzen (Central Group of Task Force 68) in United States Navy OpHjp, 1946-47, led by Admiral Byrd.

Mount Rummage

. A conical, bare rock mountain, high, at the west side of

Ramseier Glacier The Byrd Glacier () is a major glacier in Antarctica, about long and wide. It drains an extensive area of the Antarctic plateau, and flows eastward to discharge into the Ross Ice Shelf. Location The Byrd Glacier flows eastward between the ...

. It is the westernmost mountain along the north wall of Byrd Glacier. Named by US-ACAN for Chief Laurence A. Rummage, QMCM, United States Navy, who took part in Christchurch transport and schedule operations for United States Navy OpDFrz, 1965.

Darnell Nunatak

. A prominent nunatak, high, standing northwest of Mount Rummage. Named by US-ACAN for Chief Aviation Machinist's Mate Shepard L. Darnell, a member of United States Navy Squadron VX-6. During the period December 27, 1962-January 4, 1963, Chief Darnell and six mechanics replaced in the field the engine of a helicopter downed on Emmanuel Glacier.

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