Table Mountain ( 77°57′S162°00′E / 77.950°S 162.000°E ) is a large flat mountain rising to over 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) immediately south of the junction of the Emmanuel Glacier and Ferrar Glacier in Victoria Land. Discovered and given this descriptive name by the BrNAE (1901–04) under Scott. [1]
Table Mountain is the northwest point of the Royal Society Range. It lies to the east of Tedrow Glacier, which flows north to join the Ferrar Glacier, which runs east past the north face of the mountain. To the east of the mountain, Emmanuel Glacier also flows north to the Ferrar Glacier. Ridges extend south from the mountain towards Johns Hopkins Ridge.
Features of the mountain, and nearby features include:
77°59′S161°50′E / 77.983°S 161.833°E . A flattish rock spur that separates the lower ends of Blankenship Glacier and Tedrow Glacier, to the west of Table Mountain. The name is one of a group in the area associated with surveying applied in 1993 by New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB). A bubble on a surveying instrument is used to indicate its directional tilt and to facilitate its leveling. [2]
77°58′S161°57′E / 77.967°S 161.950°E . A valley trending northwest between The Handle and Table Mountain in the northwest part of Royal Society Range. Descriptively named by Alan Sherwood, New Zealand Geological Survey (NZGS) field party leader in the area, 1987-88, after the columnar-jointed dolerite that forms the valley walls. [3]
77°58′S162°03′E / 77.967°S 162.050°E . A sandstone butte which displays large-scale cross bedding, rising from the south-central part of Table Mountain. Named by Alan Sherwood, NZGS party leader in the area, 1987-88, after the famous Navajo sandstone of Utah. [4]
77°59′S162°01′E / 77.983°S 162.017°E . A shallow hanging valley, 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) long, running northwest parallel to Columnar Valley and terminating just west of the summit of Table Mountain. Named from the distinctive rock formations along its northwest wall, one of which is a particularly good likeness of the Egyptian Sphinx. Named by Alan Sherwood, NZGS party leader in the area, 1987-88. [5]
78°00′S161°59′E / 78.000°S 161.983°E . An elongated massif 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) southwest of Table Mountain in the northwest part of Royal Society Range. The feature was descriptively named by Alan Sherwood, NZGS field party leader in the area, 1987-88. Its size and position in relation to an associated ridge suggest a handle to a sickle. [6]
78°01′00″S162°10′00″E / 78.016667°S 162.166667°E A sickle-shaped ridge, 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) long and rising to over 2,600 metres (8,500 ft) high. The ridge extends southward from The Handle between Tedrow Glacier and Emmanuel Glacier and terminates at Murcray Heights. Named descriptively by New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB) (1994) following work in the area in the 1987-88 field season by NZGS geologist Alan Sherwood. [7]
78°05′00″S162°13′00″E / 78.0833333°S 162.2166667°E A cluster of prominent peaks that rise to 3,091 metres (10,141 ft) high at the south end of Sickle Ridge, Royal Society Range, Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1994) after the Murcray brothers, David G. and Frank H., and Frank J. Murcray (son of David G.), University of Denver, long term specialists in infrared spectroscopy in Antarctica. [8]
77°59′S162°10′E / 77.983°S 162.167°E . A wedge-shaped sandstone platform which rises to 2,350 metres (7,710 ft) high and tapers to the northeast, between Bindschadler Glacier and Jezek Glacier in the northwest part of Royal Society Range, Victoria Land. It was descriptively named by Alan Sherwood, NZGS party leader in the area, 1987-88. [9]
77°59′S162°13′E / 77.983°S 162.217°E . A glacier on the southeast side of Platform Spur, flowing northeast into Emmanuel Glacier. Named by US-ACAN in 1992 after Kenneth C. Jezek, geophysicist with CRREL and NOAA, 1983-89; in 12 visits to the Arctic and Antarctic, conducted geophysical surveys using remote sensing techniques on measurement and properties of terrestrial ice and sea ice with work at Dome Charlie, Ross Ice Shelf and Weddell Sea; Director, Byrd Polar Research Center, from 1989. [10]
78°02′07″S161°57′48″E / 78.0352778°S 161.9633333°E A peak, 2,749 metres (9,019 ft) high, at the northwest end of Maine Ridge. The peak is bordered north and south by Tedrow Glacier and Matataua Glacier. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1995) after James G. Bockheim, Department of Soil Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, who made soil development studies of McMurdo Dry Valleys in 12 field seasons during the 1970s and 1980s. [11]
The Nimrod Glacier is a major glacier about 135 km (85 mi) long, flowing from the polar plateau in a northerly direction through the Transantarctic Mountains into the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica.
Skelton Glacier is a large glacier flowing from the polar plateau into the Ross Ice Shelf at Skelton Inlet on the Hillary Coast, south of Victoria Land, Antarctica.
The Mirabito Range is a narrow, northwest-trending mountain range, 64 kilometres (40 mi) long and 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) wide that lies between the upper part of Lillie Glacier and the Greenwell Glacier in northern Victoria Land, Antarctica. The range is part of the Concord Mountains.
The Royal Society Range is a majestic range of mountains in Victoria Land, Antarctica, rising to 4,025 metres (13,205 ft) along the west shore of McMurdo Sound between the Koettlitz, Skelton and Ferrar Glaciers. With its summit at 4,025 metres (13,205 ft), the massive Mount Lister forms the highest point in this range. Mount Lister is located along the western shore of McMurdo Sound between the Koettlitz, Skelton and Ferrar glaciers. Other notable local terrain features include Allison Glacier, which descends from the west slopes of the Royal Society Range into Skelton Glacier.
Ferrar Glacier is a glacier in Antarctica. It is about 35 nautical miles long, flowing from the plateau of Victoria Land west of the Royal Society Range to New Harbour in McMurdo Sound. The glacier makes a right (east) turn northeast of Knobhead, where it where it is apposed, i.e., joined in Siamese-twin fashion, to Taylor Glacier. From there, it continues east along the south side of Kukri Hills to New Harbor.
The Taylor Glacier is a glacier in Antarctica about 35 nautical miles long, flowing from the plateau of Victoria Land into the western end of Taylor Valley, north of the Kukri Hills. It flows to the south of the Asgard Range. The middle part of the glacier is bounded on the north by the Inland Forts and on the south by Beacon Valley.
'The Wilkniss Mountains form a prominent group of conical peaks and mountains, 10 nautical miles (19 km) long running north–south, located 9 nautical miles east-southeast of Mount Feather in the Quartermain Mountains, Victoria Land, Antarctica. The mountains are 3 nautical miles wide in the north portion where Mount Blackwelder, 2,340 metres (7,680 ft) high, and Pivot Peak 2,450 metres (8,040 ft) high, rise above ice-free valleys. Except for an outlying southwest peak, the south portion narrows to a series of mainly ice-covered smaller peaks.
The Quartermain Mountains are a group of exposed mountains in Antarctica, about 20 nautical miles long, typical of ice-free features of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Victoria Land. They are located south of Taylor Glacier and bounded by Finger Mountain, Mount Handsley, Mount Feather and Tabular Mountain; also including Knobhead, Terra Cotta Mountain, New Mountain, Beacon Heights, Pyramid Mountain, Arena Valley, Kennar Valley, Turnabout Valley and the several valleys and ridges within Beacon Valley.
Mount Lister is a massive mountain, 4,025 metres (13,205 ft) high, forming the highest point in the Royal Society Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–1904) which named it for Lord Joseph Lister, President of the Royal Society, 1895–1900.
Briggs Hill is a conspicuous ice-free hill, 1,210 metres (3,970 ft) high, standing on the south side of Ferrar Glacier between Descent Glacier and Overflow Glacier in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was charted by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, under Scott, and named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Raymond S. Briggs, United States Antarctic Research Program meteorologist at McMurdo Station in 1962, and station scientific leader there in 1963.
The Cathedral Rocks are a series of four abrupt cliffs interspersed by short glaciers and surmounted by sharp peaks. The cliffs extend for 8 nautical miles along the south side of Ferrar Glacier and form part of the north shoulder of the Royal Society Range, in Victoria Land, Antarctica.
The Colwell Massif is a rugged rock massif, about 4 nautical miles long, rising to 2,635 metres (8,645 ft) between Palais Glacier, Ferrar Glacier, and Rotunda Glacier, in the Royal Society Range, Victoria Land, Antarctica.
Kukri Hills is a prominent east-west trending range, about 25 nautical miles (46 km) long and over 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) high, forming the divide between Ferrar Glacier on the south and Taylor Glacier and Taylor Valley on the north, in Victoria Land, Antarctica.
Mackay Glacier is a large glacier in Victoria Land, descending eastward from the Antarctic Plateau, between the Convoy Range and Clare Range, into the southern part of Granite Harbour. It was discovered by the South magnetic pole party of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–09, and named for Alistair Mackay, a member of the party. The glacier's tongue is called Mackay Glacier Tongue. First mapped by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13 and named for Alistair F. Mackay, a member of the party. Its mouth is south of the Evans Piedmont Glacier and the Mawson Glacier. It is north of the Wilson Piedmont Glacier and the Ferrar Glacier.
Saint Johns Range is a crescent-shaped mountain range about 20 nautical miles long, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It is bounded on the north by the Cotton Glacier, Miller Glacier and Debenham Glacier, and on the south by Victoria Valley and the Victoria Upper Glacier and Victoria Lower Glacier.
The Horowitz Ridge is a rock ridge between David Valley and King Valley in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica.
Rampart Ridge is a prominent broken ridge on the west side of the Royal Society Range, Antarctica. It stands north of Rutgers Glacier and extends from The Spire to Bishop Peak.
Blue Glacier is a large glacier which flows into Bowers Piedmont Glacier about 10 nautical miles south of New Harbour, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (BrNAE) under Robert Falcon Scott, 1901–04, who gave it this name because of its clear blue ice at the time of discovery.
Mount Rücker is a mountain, 3,815 metres (12,516 ft) high, immediately south of Johns Hopkins Ridge, in the Royal Society Range, Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition which named it for Sir Arthur Rucker, Honorary Secretary of the Royal Society.
Mount Dromedary is a hump-shaped mountain, over 2,400 metres (7,900 ft) high, standing 4 nautical miles east of Mount Kempe in the Royal Society Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. First mapped by the BrNAE, 1901–04, but named by the BrAE, 1910–13. Named for the appearance of the mountain which resembles a dromedary's hump.
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