| Heritage Range | |
|---|---|
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| Dimensions | |
| Length | 160 km (99 mi) [1] |
| Width | 48 km (30 mi) [1] |
| Geography | |
)  Location of Heritage Range in Antarctica | |
| Continent | Antarctica |
| Region | Ellsworth Land |
| Range coordinates | 79°45′S 83°00′W / 79.75°S 83°W |
| Parent range | Ellsworth Mountains |
| Borders on | Sentinel Range |
The Heritage Range is a major mountain range, 160 km (99 mi) long and 48 km (30 mi) wide, situated southward of Minnesota Glacier and forming the southern half of the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. The range is complex, consisting of scattered ridges and peaks of moderate height, escarpments, hills and nunataks, with the various units of relief set off by numerous intervening glaciers.[1]
The northern portion of the range was probably first sighted by Lincoln Ellsworth in the course of his trans-Antarctic flight of November 23, 1935. On December 14, 1959, the southern range was seen for the first time in a reconnaissance flight from Byrd Station, made by Edward C. Thiel, J. C. Craddock and E. S. Robinson. The team landed at a glacier on Pipe Peak, in the northwestern part of the range, on December 26.[1][2]
During the 1962–63 and 1963–64 seasons, the University of Minnesota expeditions made geologic and cartographic surveys of the range. The entire range was mapped by USGS from aerial photographs taken by the U.S. Navy, 1961–66.[1]
The Heritage range was so named by US-ACAN because topographic units within the range have received names relating to the theme of American heritage.[1]
Maps
- Union Glacier. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1966.
- Liberty Hills. Scale 1:250 000 topographic map. Reston, Virginia: US Geological Survey, 1966.
- Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly updated.
Map of northern Heritage Range
Map of southern Heritage Range
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Features
Geographical features include:
Anderson Massif
- Bowie Crevasse Field
- Grimes Glacier
- Huggler Peak
- Minnesota Glacier
- Rullman Peak
- Siefker Ridge
- Splettstoesser Glacier
Douglas Peaks
- Gliozzi Peak
- Hudak Peak
- Lippert Peak
- Plummer Glacier
Dunbar Ridge
- Hessler Peak
Edson Hills
- Buggisch Peak
- Drake Icefall
- Elvers Peak
- Hyde Glacier
- Kosco Peak
- Lester Peak
- Union Glacier
Enterprise Hills
- Ahrnsbrak Glacier
- Bell Valley
- Chappell Peak
- Connell Canyon
- Guarcello Peak
- Henderson Glacier
- Horseshoe Valley
- Mount Dolence
- Mount Rossman
- Parrish Peak
- Plummer Glacier
- Rhodes Bluff
- Schoeck Peak
- Seal Glacier
- Shoemaker Peak
- Strong Peak
- Sutton Peak
- Union Glacier
- Urban Point
Founders Peaks
Smith Ridge
- Pardue Peak
Other Founders Peaks features
- Gowan Glacier
- Minnesota Glacier
- Muir Peak
- Pipe Peak
- Reuther Nunataks
- Webster Glacier
- Welcome Nunatak
- Windy Peak
Frazier Ridge
- Muir Peak
- Webster Glacier
Gifford Peaks
- Fendorf Glacier
- Cochran Peak
- Lamb Peak
- Maagoe Peak
Independence Hills
- Marble Hills
- Horseshoe Valley
- Morris Cliff
- Mount Geissel
- Mount Shattuck
- Mount Simmons
- Patriot Hills
- Redpath Peaks
Liberty Hills (Antarctica)
- Horseshoe Valley
- Kelley Peak
- Moulder Peak
- Mount Rosenthal
- Sponholz Peak
Meyer Hills
- Beaudoin Peak
- Holt Peak
- Seaquist Peak
- Skytrain Ice Rise
Pioneer Heights
Gross Hills
- Courtney Peak
- Flanagan Glacier
- Rosen Peak
- Schmidt Glacier
- Ziegler Point
Inferno Ridge
- Larson Valley
- Orheim Point
- Rennell Glacier
- Schneider Glacier
Nimbus Hills
Samuel Nunataks
- Higgins Nunatak
Other Nimbus Hills features
- Flanagan Glacier
- Mount Capley
- Warren Nunatak
Other Pioneer Heights features
- Buchanan Hills
- Collier Hills
- Donald Ridge
- Flanagan Glacier
- Johnson Neck
- Mount Sporli
- Mount Virginia
- Rennell Glacier
- Ronald Ridge
- Schmidt Glacier (Antarctica)
- Thompson Escarpment
- Union Glacier
Soholt Peaks
- Balish Glacier
- Conglomerate Ridge
- Eley Peak
- Mount Bursik
- Mount Macalester
- Schanz Glacier
- Yochelson Ridge
Watlack Hills
- Carnell Peak
- Dobbratz Glacier
- Mount Twiss
- Skelly Peak
Webers Peaks
- Dobbratz Glacier
- Hurst Peak
- Pojeta Peak
- Springer Peak
Other features
- Barrett Nunataks
- Bingham Peak
- Cagle Peaks
- Carnell Peak
- Charles Peak
- Cunningham Peak
- Dott Ice Rise
- Driscoll Glacier
- Dybvadskog Peak
- Founders Escarpment
- Fusco Nunatak
- Gould Spur
- Gowan Glacier
- Hall Peak
- Hercules Inlet
- Herrin Peak
- High Nunatak
- Hoinkes Peak
- Hutto Peak
- Landmark Peak
- Linder Peak
- Matney Peak
- Mhire Spur
- Minnesota Glacier
- Mount Bursik
- Mount Johns
- Mount Rodger
- Mount Twiss
- Mount Woollard
- Navigator Peak
- Planck Point
- Robinson Peak
- Rutford Ice Stream
- Schneider Glacier
- Thompson Nunataks
- Three Sails
- Unger Peak
- Weaver Nunataks
- White Escarpment
- Wilson Nunataks
- Zavis Peak
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Heritage Range". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved Nov 11, 2004.
- ^ Gerald F. Webers, et al., Geology and Paleontology of the Ellsworth Mountains, West Antarctica (Geological Society of America, 1992), p. xi
External links
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