The Clark Mountains (77°16′S 142°0′W / 77.267°S 142.000°W) are a group of low mountains rising above 1,200 metres (3,900 ft) located in the Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. They are about 16 kilometres (10 mi) east of the Allegheny Mountains in Antarctica. They were discovered and photographed on aerial flights in 1940 by the US Antarctic Service and named for Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Features
- Kelly Nunataks
- Mesquite Valley
- Mount Atwood
- Mount Burnham
- Mount Ekblaw
- Mount Jones
- Mount Maglione
- Mount Van Valkenburg
Further reading
• Sugden, David. (2003).Holocene Deglaciation of Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica
• C.J. ADAMS, D. SEWARD and S.D. WEAVER, Geochronology of Cretaceous granites and metasedimentary basement on Edward VII Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica, Antarctic Science 7 (3): 265-277 (1995)
• C.J. Adams (1987), Geochronology of granite terranes in the Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 30:1, 51–72, DOI: 10.1080/00288306.1987.10422193
• GEORGE A DOUMANI; ERNEST G EHLERS, Petrography of Rocks from Mountains in Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica, GSA Bulletin (1962) 73 (7): 877–882. https://doi.org/10.1130/0016-7606(1962)73[877:PORFMI]2.0.CO;2
• International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sciences 5th : 1987, Geological Evolution of Antarctica, Cambridge, England
External links
- [https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:2834 Clark Mountains
- [https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/display_name.cfm?gaz_id=123589 Clark Mountains
- [https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/search_names_action.cfm?search_text=2719&feature_type_code=0&country_id=0&relic_options=include_relics&north=-45.0&south=-90.0&west=-180.0&east=180.0&search_near=&radius=0.5&gazetteers=SCAR Clark Mountains
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Clark Mountains". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)
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