Explorers Range
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Explorers Range is a large mountain range
in the Bowers Mountains
of Antarctica, extending from Mount Bruce in the north to Carryer and McLin Glaciers in the south. Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee
(NZ-APC) for the northern party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
(NZGSAE), 1963-64, whose members carried out a topographical and geological survey of the area. The names of several party members are assigned to features in and about this range.
Mountain range
A mountain range is a single, large mass consisting of a succession of mountains or narrowly spaced mountain ridges, with or without peaks, closely related in position, direction, formation, and age; a component part of a mountain system or of a mountain chain...
in the Bowers Mountains
Bowers Mountains
Bowers Mountains is a group of north-south trending mountains in Antarctica, about 145 km long and 56 km wide, bounded by the coast on the north and by the Rennick, Canham, Black and Lillie glaciers in other quadrants. The seaward end was first sighted in February 1911 from the Terra...
of Antarctica, extending from Mount Bruce in the north to Carryer and McLin Glaciers in the south. Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee
New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee
New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee is an adjudicating committee established to authorize the naming of features in the Ross Dependency on the Antarctic continent. It is composed of the members of the New Zealand Geographic Board plus selected specialists on Antarctica...
(NZ-APC) for the northern party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica. The expeditions were notably active in 1957-58 and again in 1958-59. The 1957-58 expedition went to the Ross Dependency and named the Borchgrevink Glacier...
(NZGSAE), 1963-64, whose members carried out a topographical and geological survey of the area. The names of several party members are assigned to features in and about this range.
List of mountains
- Mount Ford (70°57′S 162°52′E) is a prominent mountainMountainImage:Himalaya_annotated.jpg|thumb|right|The Himalayan mountain range with Mount Everestrect 58 14 160 49 Chomo Lonzorect 200 28 335 52 Makalurect 378 24 566 45 Mount Everestrect 188 581 920 656 Tibetan Plateaurect 250 406 340 427 Rong River...
(2,580 m) located 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Miller Peak and 4 nautical miles (7 km) west-southwest of Mount AshworthMount AshworthMount Ashworth is a peak 4 nautical miles east-northeast of Mount Ford in the Bowers Mountains. Named by ANARE for Squadron Leader N. Ashworth, RAAF, officer in charge of the Antarctic Flight with ANARE , 1962, led by Phillip Law, which explored the area....
. Explored by the northern party of NZGSAE, 1963-64, and named for M.R.J. Ford who wintered at Scott BaseScott BaseScott Base is a research facility located in Antarctica and is operated by New Zealand. It was named after Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Royal Navy, leader of two British expeditions to the Ross Sea area of Antarctica...
and was deputy leader-surveyor of the northern party.
- Gary Peaks (70°54′S 162°35′E) are two peaks which form a portion of the north wall of Sheehan GlacierSheehan GlacierSheehan Glacier is a steep and extremely broken glacier draining from the vicinity of Miller Peak in the Explorers Range, Bowers Mountains, and entering the Rennick Glacier just south of Alvarez Glacier...
, situated 4 nautical miles (7 km) west-southwest of Mount Hager. Mapped by United States Geological SurveyUnited States Geological SurveyThe United States Geological Survey is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten it. The organization has four major science disciplines, concerning biology,...
(USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-65. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic NamesAdvisory Committee on Antarctic NamesThe Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...
(US-ACAN) for Gary F. Martin, U.S. Navy, machinery repairman at the South Pole Station in 1965.
- Mount Glasgow (71°8′S 162°55′E) is a mountainMountainImage:Himalaya_annotated.jpg|thumb|right|The Himalayan mountain range with Mount Everestrect 58 14 160 49 Chomo Lonzorect 200 28 335 52 Makalurect 378 24 566 45 Mount Everestrect 188 581 920 656 Tibetan Plateaurect 250 406 340 427 Rong River...
, 2,490 m, standing 4 nautical miles (7 km) northwest of Mount Webb. Named by NZGSAE, 1967-68, for J. Glasgow, field assistant with the expedition.
- Mount Hager (70°53′S 162°48′E) is a mountainMountainImage:Himalaya_annotated.jpg|thumb|right|The Himalayan mountain range with Mount Everestrect 58 14 160 49 Chomo Lonzorect 200 28 335 52 Makalurect 378 24 566 45 Mount Everestrect 188 581 920 656 Tibetan Plateaurect 250 406 340 427 Rong River...
(2,420 m) located 6 miles (10 km) west of Mount CantelloMount CantelloMount Cantello is a mountain, high, on the north side of Crawford Glacier, northwest of Mount Keith, in the Bowers Mountains. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–65, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for...
. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-65. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic NamesAdvisory Committee on Antarctic NamesThe Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...
(US-ACAN) for Clarence L. Hager, geophysicist at the South Pole Station, 1967-68.
- Miller Peak (70°59′S 162°53′E) is a peak (2,420 m) located 2 mi south of Mount Ford. Explored by the northern party of NZGSAE, 1963-64, and named for J.H. "Bob" (now Sir J. Holmes) Miller, leader-surveyor of that party.
- Mount Sturm (71°03′S 162°58′E) is a peakSummit (topography)In topography, a summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. Mathematically, a summit is a local maximum in elevation...
, 2,320 m, standing directly at the head of Rastorguev GlacierRastorguev GlacierRastorguev Glacier is a large tributary glacier which drains the east slopes of the Explorers Range between Mount Ford and Sturm and joins Lillie Glacier via Flensing Icefall. Mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by Advisory Committee on...
. Named by the northern party of the NZGSAE, 1963–64, for Arnold Sturm, senior geologist with the expedition.
- Mount Webb (71°11′S 163°0′E) is a mountainMountainImage:Himalaya_annotated.jpg|thumb|right|The Himalayan mountain range with Mount Everestrect 58 14 160 49 Chomo Lonzorect 200 28 335 52 Makalurect 378 24 566 45 Mount Everestrect 188 581 920 656 Tibetan Plateaurect 250 406 340 427 Rong River...
(2,430 m) rising 4 nautical miles (7 km) southeast of Mount Glasgow at the west side of Edlin NeveEdlin NeveEdlin Neve is a neve at the south side of Mount Sturm in the Bowers Mountains. Several glaciers, including the Carryer, Irwin, McLin and Graveson, are nourished by this neve. Named by New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition , 1967–68, for G. Edlin, who served as postmaster at Scott Base...
. Named by the NZGSAE, 1967–68, for William WebbWilliam WebbSir William Flood Webb KBE was a judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland and the High Court of Australia. He was President of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East after the end of World War II....
, leader of the Scott BaseScott BaseScott Base is a research facility located in Antarctica and is operated by New Zealand. It was named after Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Royal Navy, leader of two British expeditions to the Ross Sea area of Antarctica...
winter party, 1968.