Pensacola Mountains

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Section of the Pensacola Mountains

The Pensacola Mountains are a large group of mountain ranges in Queen Elizabeth Land, in the British Antarctic Territory, and forming part of the Transantarctic Mountains System. It is divided into several sub-ranges.

The highest point of the mountains is reported as either the Mackin Table at 7,005 feet or England Peak, reported variously as 6,234 feet or 7,054 feet.

The mountains extend from 82°00' S to 85°45' S between 41°00' W and 85°45' W

Geography

The Pensacola Mountains extend 280 miles in a north-east to south-west direction. Sub-ranges of the Pensacola Mountains include:

These mountain units lie astride the extensive Foundation Ice Stream and Support Force Glacier which drain northward to the Ronne Ice Shelf.

Survey and naming

The range was discovered as a distinct range and photographed on 13 January 1956 in the course of a transcontinental non-stop flight by a P2V-2N Neptune aircraft under Lieutenant Commander J.H. Torbert, the United States Navy, Mount Torbert, crewed by personnel of US Navy 'Operation Deep Freeze' I from McMurdo Sound to the Weddell Sea and return. It was named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after the U.S. Naval Air Station at Pensacola, Florida, in commemoration of the historic role of that establishment in training aviators of the U.S. Navy.

The mountains were further photographed from the air by United States Air Force in 1957-58, and photographed from the air in their entirety by the United States Navy, 10 December 1961, and 1963-64. They were surveyed from the ground by the United States Geological Survey in 1961-62 and 1963-64.

Features

Georgraphical features of the range include:

Neptune Range

Main article: Neptune Range

In the Neptune Range:

Williams Hills

Schmidt Hills

Other features

Forrestal Range

In the Forrestal Range:

Patuxent Range

Main article: Patuxent Range

In the Patuxent Range:

Anderson Hills

Thomas Hills

Other features

Argentina Range

Main article: Argentina Range

In the Argentina Range:

Schneider Hills

Panzarini Hills

Other features

Cordiner Peaks

Main article: Cordiner Peaks

In the Cordiner Peaks:

Rambo Nunataks

Main article: Rambo Nunataks

In the Rambo Nunataks:

Pecora Escarpment

Main article: Pecora Escarpment

In the Pecora Escarpment:

Dufek Massif

Main article: Dufek Massif

In the Dufek Massif:

The Boyd Escarpment

Other features

Other Pensacola Mountains features

References

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