Victory Mountains
Victory Mountains | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 2,193 m (7,195 ft) ![]() |
Geography | |
Continent | Antarctica |
Region | Victoria Land, Antarctica |
Range coordinates | 72°40′S 168°00′E / 72.667°S 168.000°E |
The Victory Mountains (72°40′S 168°00′E / 72.667°S 168.000°E) is a major group of mountains in Victoria Land, Antarctica, about 100 nautical miles (190 km; 120 mi) long and 50 nautical miles (93 km; 58 mi) wide, which is bounded primarily by Mariner and Tucker glaciers and the Ross Sea.[1] They are north of the Mountaineer Range, east of the Freyberg Mountains and south of the Concord Mountains and the Admiralty Mountains.[2][3][4][5] The division between the Victory Mountains and the
Exploration and name
A Ross Sea aspect of the mountains was first obtained by early British expeditions of James Clark Ross, Carsten Borchgrevink, Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton. The mapping of the interior mountains was largely done from air photos taken by the United States Navy and surveys undertaken by New Zealand and American parties in the 1950s and 1960s. The Victory Mountains were named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) 1957-58, because of the proximity of this group to the Admiralty Mountains, and with the intention that many of the topographic features would be named for celebrated victories, especially naval victories.[1]
Location
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Western mountains
The Monteath Hills are in the northwest of the Victory Mountains, east of the Freyberg Mountains. The
Central mountains
The
Eastern mountains
The mountains to the east of the Malta Plateau and west of the Daniell Peninsula are not part of a formally named range. Mount Riddolls is at the center of a ridge system to the east of Borchgrevink Glacier, and Mount Freeman is at the center of a ridge system to the west of that glacier.[2][3][4][5]
Major glaciers
- Ebbe Glacier flows northwestward.[6]
- Bypass Hill.[7]
- Bypass Hill.[8]
- Mariner Glacier 73°15′S 167°30′E / 73.250°S 167.500°E, a major glacier over 60 nautical miles (110 km; 69 mi) long, descending southeast from the plateau of Victoria Land, between Mountaineer Range and Malta Plateau, and terminating at Lady Newnes Bay, Ross Sea, where it forms the floating Mariner Glacier Tongue.[10]
Mountain groups
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- Mount Holdsworth.[11]
- Millen Range 72°20′S 166°15′E / 72.333°S 166.250°E, a prominent northwest–southeast trending mountain range, located west of the Cartographers Range.[12]
- Barker Range 72°32′S 166°10′E / 72.533°S 166.167°E, a mountain range trending northwest–southeast and including Jato Nunatak, Mount Watt, Mount McCarthy, and Mount Burton, located at the southwest side of the Millen Range.[13]
- Midway Glacier.[14]
- Trafalgar Glacier.[15]
- Trafalgar Glacier, and on the east by tributaries to Borchgrevink Glacier.[16]
Mountains in the center of mountain groups in the east include:
References
- ^ a b c Alberts 1995, p. 783.
- ^ a b c d Ebbe Glacier USGS.
- ^ a b c d Cape Hallet USGS.
- ^ a b c d Freyberg Mountains USGS.
- ^ a b c d Coulman Island USGS.
- ^ Alberts 1995, p. 763.
- ^ Alberts 1995, p. 563.
- ^ Alberts 1995, p. 755.
- ^ Alberts 1995, p. 80.
- ^ Alberts 1995, p. 461.
- ^ Alberts 1995, p. 501.
- ^ Alberts 1995, p. 491.
- ^ Alberts 1995, p. 45.
- ^ Saxby Range USGS.
- ^ Alberts 1995, p. 121.
- ^ Alberts 1995, p. 458.
- ^ Alberts 1995, p. 618.
- ^ Alberts 1995, p. 259.
Sources
- Alberts, Fred G., ed. (1995), Geographic Names of the Antarctic (PDF) (2 ed.), United States Board on Geographic Names, retrieved 2024-01-30
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Board on Geographic Names.
- Cape Hallet, USGS: United States Geographic Board, retrieved 2024-03-10
- Coulman Island, USGS: United States Geographic Board, retrieved 2024-03-10
- Ebbe Glacier, USGS: United States Geographic Board, retrieved 2024-03-10
- Freyberg Mountains, USGS: United States Geographic Board, retrieved 2024-03-10
- "Saxby Range", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Geological Survey.