Sallee Snowfield () is a large snowfield between the

Dufek Massif The Dufek Massif () is a rugged, largely snow-covered massif long, standing west of the Forrestal Range in the northern part of the Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica. Discovery and name The Dufek Massif was discovered and photographed on Januar ...

and northern

Forrestal Range The Forrestal Range () is a largely snow-covered mountain range, about long, standing east of Dufek Massif and the Neptune Range in the Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica. Discovery and name The Forrestal Range was discovered and photographed on ...

in the

Pensacola Mountains The Pensacola Mountains () are a large group of mountain ranges and peaks that extend in a northeast–southwest direction in the Transantarctic Mountains System, Queen Elizabeth Land region of Antarctica. They comprise the Argentina Range, Forre ...

, Antarctica.

Mapping and name

The Sallee Snowfield was mapped by

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(USGS) from surveys and

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air photos, 1956–66. Named by

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 Lieutenant Commander Ralph W. Sallee, Assistant Meteorological Officer on the staff of the Commander, United States Naval Support Force, Antarctica, in 1967 and 1968.

Location

The Sallee Snowfield is between the Dufek Massif to the northwest and the Forrestal Range to the southeast. In the north it descends to the Ford Ice Piedmont. The Petite Rocks are in the east of the snowfield. A glacier drains north from the snowfield past the

Davis Valley Davis Valley () is an ice-free valley just east of Floridas Ridge in north-east Dufek Massif, in the Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica. Mapping and name Davis Valley was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and Unite ...

in the northeastern Dufek Massif to the Ford Ice Piedmont. The Edge Glacier extends from the snowfield into the Davis Valley for about . Rocks of the

Dufek Intrusion The Dufek Intrusion is a mafic layered intrusion that was emplaced into present-day Antarctica approximately 183 million years ago. It comprises two outcropping sections called the Dufek Massif and the Forrestal Range that are thought to be connecte ...

are visible in the Dufuk Massif and the Forrestal Range, and are thought to be connected below the Sallee Snowfield.

Nearby features

Ford Ice Piedmont

. The large ice piedmont lying northward of Dufek Massif and Forrestal Range between the lower ends of

Foundation Ice Stream Foundation Ice Stream () is a major ice stream in the Pensacola Mountains of Antarctica. The ice stream drains northward for along the west side of the Patuxent Range and the Neptune Range to enter the Ronne Ice Shelf westward of Dufek Massi ...

and

Support Force Glacier The Support Force Glacier () is a major glacier in the Pensacola Mountains, draining northward between the Forrestal Range and Argentina Range to the Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf. Mapping and name The Support Force Glacier was mapped by the United ...

. Named by US-ACAN after Arthur B. Ford of the USGS, Menlo Park, CA, geologist and co-leader (with Peter F. Bermel) of the USGS party in the Thiel Mountains, 1960-61 (leader 1961-62); field work at Lassiter Coast, 1970-71; leader of geological parties to the Pensacola Mountains in 1965-66, 1973-74, 1976-77, and 1978-79.

Edge Glacier

. A small cliff-type glacier draining northward into Davis Valley. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN for Joseph L. Edge, photographer with United States Navy Squadron VX-6 on Operation Deep Freeze 1963 and 1964.

Petite Rocks

. Two small isolated rocks in the west part of Sallee Snowfield, about east of central Dufek Massif. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1956-66. The name applied by US-ACAN is descriptive of their small size.

References

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