Colbert Mountains

The Colbert Mountains are a group of isolated mountains on Alexander Island in the British Antarctic Territory. The range has several rounded snow-covered summits, the highest standing at 4,900 feet, overlooking Handel Ice Piedmont between Haydn Inlet and Schubert Inlet in the west central part of the island.

The range was first seen and photographed from a distance by Lincoln Ellsworth on his trans-Antarctic flight of 23 November 1935, and partially mapped from these photos by W.L.G. Joerg. It was resighted and photographed from the air by the United States Antarctic Service, 1939–41, and by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition 1947–48, under Finn Ronne, who named it for R. Admiral Leo O. Colbert, head of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, which furnished equipment for the expedition. In 1960, the range was remapped in detail from the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition air photos by D. Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey.

Location

• Location map: 70°34’60"S, 70°34’60"W

References

• Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Colbert Mountains