Darwin Mountains
The Darwin Mountains is a group of mountains between the Darwin and Hatherton glaciers in Antarctica[1]. Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–04) and named for Major Leonard Darwin, at that time Honorary Secretary of the Royal Geographical Society.
Features
- Access Slope
- Colosseum Ridge
- Communication Heights
- Conant Valley
- Corell Cirque
- Darwin Glacier
- Darwin Névé
- Duncan Bluff
- Exodus Glacier
- Exodus Valley
- Friedmann Peak
- Grant Valley
- Green Glacier
- Hale Valley
- Harvey Cirque
- Haskell Ridge
- Hatherton Glacier
- Island Arena
- Junction Spur
- Kennett Ridge
- Lindstrom Ridge
- Mason Nunatak
- McKay Valley
- Meteorite Hills
- Midnight Plateau
- Misthound Cirque
- Mount Ash
- Mount Ellis
- Muchmore Valley
- Overturn Glacier
- Polarmail Ledge
- Prebble Icefalls
- Richardson Hill
- Scheuermann Spur
- Score Ridge
- Skilton Ledge
- Smith Heights
- Tether Rock
- Wellman Valley
Further reading
- Gunter Faure, Teresa M. Mensing, The Transantarctic Mountains: Rocks, Ice, Meteorites and Water, PP 297 – 300
- Christopher R. Fielding, Tracy D. Frank, John L. Isbell, Editors, Resolving the Late Paleozoic Ice Age in Time and Space, PP 59 – 69
- WARWICK F. VINCENT, CLIVE HOWARD-WILLIAMS, Nitrate-rich inland waters of the Ross Ice Shelf region, Antarctica, Antarctic Science 6 (3): 339-346 (1994), P 340
References
- ^ Darwin Mountains. In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
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