The Beardmore Glacier in Antarctica is one of the largest valley glaciers in the world, being 200 km (125 mi) long and having a width of 40 km (25 mi). It descends about 2,200 m (7,200 ft) from the Antarctic Plateau to the Ross Ice Shelf and is bordered by the Commonwealth Range of the Queen Maud Mountains on the eastern side and the Queen Alexandra Range of the Central Transantarctic Mountains on the western. Its mouth is east of the Lennox-King Glacier. It is northwest of the Ramsey Glacier.
The Shackleton Range is a mountain range in Antarctica that rises to 1,875 metres (6,152 ft) and extends in an east–west direction for about 100 miles (160 km) between the Slessor and Recovery Glaciers.
The Churchill Mountains are a mountain range group of the Transantarctic Mountains System, located in the Ross Dependency region of Antarctica. They border on the western side of the Ross Ice Shelf, between Byrd Glacier and Nimrod Glacier.
The Commonwealth Range is a north-south trending range of rugged mountains, 60 nautical miles long, located within the Queen Maud Mountains on the Dufek Coast of the continent of Antarctica. The range borders the eastern side of Beardmore Glacier from Keltie Glacier to the Ross Ice Shelf.
The Cook Mountains is a group of mountains bounded by the Mulock and Darwin glaciers in Antarctica.
The Darwin Glacier is a large glacier in Antarctica. It flows from the polar plateau eastward between the Darwin Mountains and the Cook Mountains to the Ross Ice Shelf. The Darwin and its major tributary the Hatherton are often treated as one system, the Darwin–Hatherton.
Shackleton Glacier is a major Antarctic glacier, over 60 nautical miles long and from 5 to 10 nautical miles wide, descending from the Antarctic Plateau from the vicinity of Roberts Massif and flowing north through the Queen Maud Mountains to enter the Ross Ice Shelf between Mount Speed and Waldron Spurs. Discovered by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) (1939–41) and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Sir Ernest Shackleton, British Antarctic explorer.
The Prince Albert Mountains are a major mountain group in Antarctica over 320 km (200 mi) long. Located in Victoria Land, they run north–south between the Priestley and Ferrar glaciers.
Mac. Robertson Land is the portion of Antarctica lying southward of the coast between William Scoresby Bay and Cape Darnley. It is located at 70°00′S65°00′E. In the east, Mac. Robertson Land includes the Prince Charles Mountains. It was named by the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) (1929–1931), under Sir Douglas Mawson, after Sir Macpherson Robertson of Melbourne, a patron of the expedition.
Lennox-King Glacier is a large valley glacier, about 40 nautical miles (70 km) long that flows east into the Ross Ice Shelf.
Mount Yakovlev is a somewhat isolated mountain about 11 miles (18 km) north of Sarkofagen Mountain in the Russkiye Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norsk Polarinstitutt from air photos taken by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in 1958–59. Also observed in 1959 by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition and named for noted Soviet paleontologist N.N. Yakovlev.
Zhelannaya Mountain is a relatively isolated mountain about 9 miles (14 km) north of Mount Karpinskiy in the Russkiye Mountains, Queen Maud Land. Mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition of 1959 and named "Gora Zhelannaya".
The Barkley Mountains are a small group of mountains including Kvitkjolen Ridge and Isingen Mountain, rising between Kvitsvodene Valley and Rogstad Glacier in the Sverdrup Mountains of Queen Maud Land. They were discovered by the Third German Antarctic Expedition under Alfred Ritscher, 1938–39, and named for Erich Barkley, biologist on the expedition. They were surveyed by the Norwegian-British-Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1949–52.
Nye Mountains is a group of mountains, 30 nautical miles (60 km) long and 10 to 15 nautical miles (28 km) wide, which trend eastward from the head of Rayner Glacier. They were sighted by Squadron Leader D. Leckie, RAAF, during an ANARE flight in October 1956. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for P.B. Nye, former Director of the Bureau of Mineral Resources, Australian Department of National Development.
Pennell Coast is that portion of the coast of Antarctica between Cape Williams and Cape Adare. To the west of Cape Williams lies Oates Coast, and to the east and south of Cape Adare lies Borchgrevink Coast. Named by New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) in 1961 after Lieutenant Harry Pennell, Royal Navy, commander of the Terra Nova, the expedition ship of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13. Pennell engaged in oceanographic work in the Ross Sea during this period. In February 1911 he sailed along this coast in exploration and an endeavor to land the Northern Party led by Lieutenant Victor Campbell.
Sarkofagen Mountain is a somewhat isolated mountain in Arctic, around 11 nautical miles (20 km) south of Mount Yakovlev in the Russkiye Mountains of Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norsk Polarinstitutt from air photos taken by Norwegian Arctic Expedition, 1958–59, and named Sarkofagen.
Separation Range is the northeastern branch of the Commonwealth Range in the Queen Maud Mountains, Antarctica. The branch starts at about 84°20'S, and forms two chains of mountains separated by Hood Glacier. The Separation Range, about 30 nautical miles long, terminates to the north at the Ross Ice Shelf. Named by the New Zealand Alpine Club Antarctic Expedition, 1959–60.
Mount Karpinskiy is an isolated mountain about 9 nautical miles (17 km) south of Zhelannaya Mountain in the Russkiye Mountains of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. It was observed and mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition in 1959, and named for geologist A.P. Karpinskiy, President of the Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R.
Mount Rusanov is an isolated mountain lying north of the Russkiye Mountains, about 35 nautical miles (60 km) northeast of Zhelannaya Mountain, in Queen Maud Land. Mapped by Norsk Polarinstitutt from air photos by Norwegian Antarctic Expedition, 1958–59. Also mapped in 1959 by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition, and named for Russian geologist and polar explorer V.A. Rusanov.
This article incorporates public domain material from "Russkiye Mountains". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey. 