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====[[Forrestal Range]]====
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====Other features====
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*[[Baker Ridge]]
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*[[Barnes Icefalls]]
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*[[Bennett Spires]]
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*[[Berquist Ridge]]
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*[[Brown Ridge]]
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*[[Childs Glacier]]
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*[[Drury Ridge]]
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*[[Elbow Peak]]
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*[[Elliott Ridge]]
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*[[Elmers Nunatak]]
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*[[Final Rock]]
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*[[Foundation Ice Stream]]
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*[[Gale Ridge]]
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*[[Gambacorta Peak]]
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*[[Hannah Ridge]]
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*[[Heiser Ridge]]
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*[[Hill Nunatak]]
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*[[Hinckley Rock]]
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*[[Hudson Ridge]]
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*[[Jones Valley]]
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*[[Kaminski Nunatak]]
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*[[Kinsella Peak]]
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*[[Loren Nunataks]]
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*[[Madey Ridge]]
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*[[Meads Peak]]
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*[[Median Snowfield]]
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*[[Miller Valley]]
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*[[Mount Bragg]]
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*[[Mount Cowart]]
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*[[Mount Dover]]
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*[[Mount Ege]]
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*[[Mount Feldkotter]]
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*[[Mount Hawkes]]
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*[[Mount Kaschak]]
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*[[Mount Moffat]]
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*[[Neith Nunatak]]
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*[[Nelson Peak]]
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*[[Patrick Nunatak]]
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*[[Ramsey Cliff]]
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*[[Rivas Peaks]]
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*[[Seay Nunatak]]
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*[[Seely Ridge]]
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*[[Serpan Peak]]
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*[[Spanley Rocks]]
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*[[Torbert Escarpment]]
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*[[Washington Escarpment]]
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*[[Webb Nunataks]]
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*[[West Prongs]]
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*[[Wiens Peak]]
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===Forrestal Range===
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In the [[Forrestal Range]]:
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*[[Ackerman Nunatak]]
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*[[Beiszer Nunatak]]
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*[[Burmester Dome]]
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*[[Butler Rocks]]
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*[[Camp Spur]]
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*[[Chambers Glacier]]
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*[[Coal Rock]]
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*[[Creaney Nunataks]]
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*[[Crouse Spur]]
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*[[Dyrdal Peak]]
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*[[Erlanger Spur]]
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*[[Fierle Peak]]
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*[[Ford Ice Piedmont]]
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*[[Franko Escarpment]]
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*[[Gabbro Crest]]
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*[[Grob Ridge]]
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*[[Haskill Nunatak]]
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*[[Henderson Bluff]]
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*[[Herring Nunataks]]
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*[[Hodge Escarpment]]
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*[[Huie Cliffs]]
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*[[Kent Gap]]
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*[[Kovacs Glacier]]
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*[[Lance Rocks]]
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*[[Larson Nunataks]]
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*[[Magnetite Bluff]]
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*[[Mathis Spur]]
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*[[May Valley]]
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*[[McCauley Rock]]
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*[[Median Snowfield]]
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*[[Mount Hook]]
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*[[Mount Hummer]]
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*[[Mount Malville]]
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*[[Mount Mann]]
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*[[Mount Stephens]]
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*[[Ray Nunatak]]
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*[[Ritala Spur]]
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*[[Ronald Rock]]
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*[[Sallee Snowfield]]
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*[[Sheriff Cliffs]]
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*[[Skidmore Cliff]]
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*[[Sorna Bluff]]
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*[[Support Force Glacier]]
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*[[Thompo Icefall]]
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*[[Vanguard Nunatak]]
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*[[Vigen Cliffs]]
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===Patuxent Range===
 
===Patuxent Range===
 
{{main|Patuxent Range}}
 
{{main|Patuxent Range}}
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In the [[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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====[[Anderson Hills]]====
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*[[Clark Ridge]]
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*[[King Ridge]]
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*[[Mount Cross]]
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*[[Mount Lowry]]
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*[[Mount Bruns]]
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*[[Mount Murch]]
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*[[Mount Stroschein]]
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*[[Mount Suydam]]
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*[[Mount Whillans]]
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*[[Mount Woods]]
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*[[MacNamara Glacier]]
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*[[Weber Ridge]]
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*[[Wrigley Bluffs]]
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====[[Thomas Hills]]====
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*[[MacNamara Glacier]]
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*[[Martin Peak]]
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*[[Nance Ridge]]
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====Other features====
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*[[Bennett Spires]]
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*[[Bessinger Nunatak]]
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*[[Blake Rock]]
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*[[Brazitis Nunatak]]
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*[[Brooks Nunatak]]
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*[[Brown Ridge]]
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*[[DesRoches Nunataks]]
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*[[DeWitt Nunatak]]
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*[[Foundation Ice Stream]]
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*[[Houk Spur]]
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*[[Lawrence Nunatak]]
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*[[Lekander Nunatak]]
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*[[Mackin Table]]
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*[[Mount Bragg]]
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*[[Mount Campleman]]
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*[[Mount Dover]]
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*[[Mount Dumais]]
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*[[Mount Wanous]]
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*[[Mount Weininger]]
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*[[Natani Nunatak]]
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*[[Patuxent Ice Stream]]
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*[[Pecora Escarpment]]
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*[[Phillips Nunatak]]
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===Argentina Range===
 
===Argentina Range===
 
{{main|Argentina Range}}
 
{{main|Argentina Range}}
 
In the Argentina Range:
 
In the Argentina Range:
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*[[Schneider Hills]]
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====[[Schneider Hills]]====
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*[[Panzarini Hills]]
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*[[Lisignoli Bluff]]
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*[[Pujato Bluff]]
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*[[Ruthven Bluff]]
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*[[Sosa Bluff]]
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====[[Panzarini Hills]]====
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*[[Arcondo Nunatak]]
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*[[Areta Rock]]
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*[[Giró Nunatak]]
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*[[Mount Ferrara]]
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*[[Mount Spann]]
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*[[Suarez Nunatak]]
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*[[Vaca Nunatak]]
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====Other features====
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*[[Blackwall Ice Stream]]
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*[[Recovery Glacier]]
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*[[San Martín Glacier]]
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*[[Support Force Glacier]]
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*[[Whichaway Nunataks]]
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===Cordiner Peaks===
 
===Cordiner Peaks===
 
{{main|Cordiner Peaks}}
 
{{main|Cordiner Peaks}}
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*The [[Cordiner Peaks]]
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In the Cordiner Peaks:
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*[[Jaburg Glacier]]
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*[[Jackson Peak]]
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*[[Rosser Ridge]]
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*[[Sumrall Peak]]
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===Rambo Nunataks===
 
===Rambo Nunataks===
 
{{main|Rambo Nunataks}}
 
{{main|Rambo Nunataks}}
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*The [[Rambo Nunataks]]
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*[[Blackburn Nunatak]]
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*[[Kuhn Nunatak]]
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*[[Möller Ice Stream]]
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*[[Oliver Nunatak]]
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*[[Sowle Nunatak]]
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*[[Wagner Nunatak]]
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===Pecora Escarpment===
 
===Pecora Escarpment===
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*[[Cox Nunatak]]
 
*[[Cox Nunatak]]
 
*[[Rankine Rock]]
 
*[[Rankine Rock]]
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====Other features====
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*[[Alley Spur]]
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*[[Aughenbaugh Peak]]
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*[[Brown Nunataks]]
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*[[Cairn Ridge]]
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*[[Carlson Buttress]]
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*[[Clemons Spur]]
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*[[Clinton Spur]]
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*[[Czamanske Ridge]]
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*[[Davis Valley]]
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*[[Edge Glacier]]
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*[[Enchanted Valley]]
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*[[England Peak]]
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*[[Ford Ice Piedmont]]
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*[[Forlidas Pond]]
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*[[Forlidas Ridge]]
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*[[Foundation Ice Stream]]
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*[[Frost Spur]]
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*[[Hannah Peak]]
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*[[Jaburg Glacier]]
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*[[Jaeger Table]]
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*[[Kelley Spur]]
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*[[Kistler Valley]]
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*[[Lewis Spur]]
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*[[Neuburg Peak]]
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*[[Nutt Bluff]]
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*[[Petite Rocks]]
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*[[Preslik Spur]]
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*[[Pyroxenite Promontory]]
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*[[Rautio Nunatak]]
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*[[Sallee Snowfield]]
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*[[Sapp Rocks]]
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*[[Spear Spur]]
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*[[The Organ Pipes, British Antarctic Territory|The Organ Pipes]]
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*[[Tranquillity Valley]]
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*[[Walker Peak]]
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*[[Welcome Pass]]
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*[[Worcester Summit]]
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*[[Wujek Ridge]]
 
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==References==
 
==References==
 
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{{Catself}}
 
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[[Category:Queen Elizabeth Land]]
 
[[Category:Queen Elizabeth Land]]
 
[[Category:Mountains and hills of the British Antarctic Territory]]
 
[[Category:Mountains and hills of the British Antarctic Territory]]

Latest revision as of 21:20, 20 November 2022

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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