Anare Mountains
| Anare Mountains | ||
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| Highest peak | Drabek Peak ( 2090 m ) | |
| location | Viktorialand , Antarctica | |
| part of | Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 70 ° 55 ′ S , 166 ° 0 ′ E | |
Northwest part of the Anare Mountains in the southeast of the map
Northeast part of the Anare Mountains in the south of the map
Southern part of the Anare Mountains in the north of the map
The Anare Mountains are a mountain range on the north coast of Victoria Land in Antarctica .
location
The Anare Mountains are bounded to the north and east by the Pacific Ocean , to the west by the Lillie Glacier and to the south by the Ebbe and Dennistoun Glaciers . The highest mountain is 2,090 m of Drabek peak . Other important mountains in the Anare Mountains are Mount Kelly with 1110 m and Mount Burch with 1400 m .
geology
Geologically, the Anare Mountains are part of the Robertson Bay Group , a series of extensively folded greywacke and split slate that extends from the Bowers Mountains in the west to Robertson Bay and Tucker Glacier in the east. The folding in the Anare Mountains is narrower than in the other areas of the Robertson Bay Group.
history
The mountain range was first discovered by James Clark Ross in 1841. The first photographic recording of the mountain range took place in 1946/47 by Operation Highjump of the US Navy , further exploration and surveying by the United States Geological Survey in 1962/63 with the help of Helicopters . The mountain range was named by participants in a 1963 to 1964 campaign as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition after one of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE), which took place in 1962 under the direction of Phillip Law and explored the coast.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Anare Mountains. Peakbagger.com, accessed January 18, 2012 .
- ^ A. Sturm, SJ Carryer: Geology of the region between the Matusevich and Tucker glaciers, North Victoria Land, Antarctica . In: New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics . tape 13 , no. 2 , June 1970, p. 420 .
- ^ RL Oliver, PR James: Antarctic Earth Science: Fourth International Symposium, Adelaide, South Australia . Ed .: International Council of Scientific Unions, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research. Cambridge University Press, 1983, ISBN 978-0-521-25836-4 , pp. 121 .
- ↑ Anare Mountains. Geographic Names Information System ; Retrieved November 28, 2012