Anderson Massif (Antarctica)
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 Map sheet with the Anderson Massif |
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| Highest peak | unnamed ( 2190 m ) | |
| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Heritage Range , Ellsworth Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 79 ° 10 ′ S , 84 ° 45 ′ W | |
The Anderson Massif is a striking, ice-covered mountain massif in the northeast of the Heritage Range , the southern part of the Ellsworth Mountains in West Antarctica . The massif measures around 19 kilometers and reaches a height of 2190 m above sea level.
The massif is surrounded by the Minnesota Glacier in the north and the Splettstoesser Glacier in the south , which meet in the east of the massif. Immediately north of the Anderson Massif, at a kink in the Minnesota Glacier , lies a crevasse area , the Bowie Crevasse Field .
The peaks of the Anderson Massif include the 1580 m high Huggler Peak in the north and the 1910 m high Rullman Peak in the south. In the eastern part of the rock massif, the narrow Grimes Glacier flows eastwards, where it meets the Splettstoesser Glacier.
In the late Cambrian ( Furongian ) there was volcanic activity in the area of the Anderson Massif.
The massif was named by the American Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after geologist John J. Anderson, who led the University of Minnesota's Ellsworth Mountains expedition in the 1961/62 season, which explored the area.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Anderson Massif ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved July 20, 2010.
- ↑ Bowie Crevasse Field ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved July 20, 2010.
- ^ Huggler Peak ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved July 20, 2010.
- ^ Rullman Peak ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved July 20, 2010.
- ↑ Grimes Glacier ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved July 20, 2010.
- ↑ Gerald F. Webers, Campbell Craddock, John F. Splettstoesser: Geology and paleontology of the Ellsworth Mountains, West Antarctica . Geological Society of America , Boulder (Colorado) 1992, ISBN 0-8137-1170-3 , pp. 19 (American English, limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed June 29, 2010]).