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[[File:Pensacola Mountains.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Pensacola Mountains, near the Foundation Ice Stream]]
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The '''Pensacola Mountains''' are a large group of mountain ranges and peaks in [[Queen Elizabeth Land]] within the [[British Antarctic Territory]].  The mountains extend for 280 miles in a NE-SW direction (around the location 83°45'S 55°W and contain a number of ranges within them; the [[Argentina Range]], [[Forrestal Range]], [[Dufek Massif]], [[Cordiner Peaks]], [[Neptune Range]], [[Patuxent Range]], [[Rambo Nunataks]] and [[Pecora Escarpment]].
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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.
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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.
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The mountains extend from 82°00' S to 85°45' S between 41°00' W and 85°45' W
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==Geography==
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*Location map: {{wmap|-83.75|-55}}
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The Pensacola Mountains extend 280 miles in a north-east to south-west direction.  Sub-ranges of the Pensacola Mountains include:
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*The [[Argentina Range]];
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*The [[Forrestal Range]];
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*The [[Dufek Massif]];
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*The [[Cordiner Peaks]];
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*The [[Neptune Range]];
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*The [[Patuxent Range]];
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*The [[Rambo Nunataks]] and
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*The [[Pecora Escarpment]].
  
 
These mountain units lie astride the extensive [[Foundation Ice Stream]] and [[Support Force Glacier]] which drain northward to the [[Ronne Ice Shelf]].
 
These mountain units lie astride the extensive [[Foundation Ice Stream]] and [[Support Force Glacier]] which drain northward to the [[Ronne Ice Shelf]].
  
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The mountains were discovered and photographed on 13 January 1956 in the course of a transcontinental nonstop plane flight by personnel of US Navy ''Operation Deep Freeze'' I from McMurdo Sound to the [[Weddell Sea]] and return. They were named by the US Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after the United States Naval Air Station at Pensacola in Florida, in commemoration of the historic role of that establishment in training aviators of the US Navy. The mountains were mapped in detail by United States Geological Survey from surveys and US Navy air photos, 1956-67.
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==Survey and naming==
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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.
  
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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.
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*[http://194.66.5.2:8080/geoserver/namelist.jsp British Antarctic Survey Gazetteer - Name list]
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==Features==
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Georgraphical features of the range include:
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===Neptune Range===
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{{main|Neptune Range}}
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In the [[Neptune Range]]:
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====[[Williams Hills]]====
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*[[Mount Hobbs]]
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*[[Pillow Knob]]
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*[[Roderick Valley]]
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*[[Teeny Rock]]
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====[[Schmidt Hills]]====
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*[[Mount Coulter]]
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*[[Mount Gorecki]]
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*[[Mount Nervo]]
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*[[Pepper Peak]]
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*[[Robbins Nunatak]]
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*[[Wall Rock]]
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====[[Forrestal Range]]====
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===Patuxent Range===
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{{main|Patuxent Range}}
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In the [[Patuxent Range]]:
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*[[Anderson Hills]]
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*[[Thomas Hills]]
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===Argentina Range===
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{{main|Argentina Range}}
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In the Argentina Range:
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*[[Schneider Hills]]
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*[[Panzarini Hills]]
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===Cordiner Peaks===
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{{main|Cordiner Peaks}}
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*The [[Cordiner Peaks]]
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===Rambo Nunataks===
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{{main|Rambo Nunataks}}
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*The [[Rambo Nunataks]]
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===Pecora Escarpment===
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{{main|Pecora Escarpment}}
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In the [[Pecora Escarpment]]:
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*[[Damschroder Rock]]
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*[[Horton Ledge]]
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*[[Lulow Rock]]
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*[[Patuxent Ice Stream]]
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===Dufek Massif===
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{{main|Dufek Massif}}
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In the Dufek Massif:
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====The [[Boyd Escarpment]]====
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*[[Bennett Spur]]
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*[[Cox Nunatak]]
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*[[Rankine Rock]]
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===Other Pensacola Mountains features===
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*[[Academy Glacier]]
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*[[Edge Rocks]]
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*[[Ferrell Nunatak]]
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*[[Ford Massif]]
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*[[Himmelberg Hills]]
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*[[Iroquois Plateau]]
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*[[Kester Peaks]]
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*[[Mount Soza]]
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*[[Taylor Nunatak]]
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==References==
 
==References==
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Revision as of 18:48, 22 March 2018

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

Forrestal Range

Patuxent Range

Main article: Patuxent Range

In the Patuxent Range:

Argentina Range

Main article: Argentina Range

In the Argentina Range:

Cordiner Peaks

Main article: Cordiner Peaks

Rambo Nunataks

Main article: 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 Pensacola Mountains features

References

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