Churchill Mountains

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Churchill Mountains
Map sheet with the central part of the Churchill Mountains on the western edge

Map sheet with the central part of the Churchill Mountains on the western edge

Highest peak Hunt Mountain ( 3240  m )
location Ross Dependency , Antarctica
part of Transantarctic Mountains
Churchill Mountains (Antarctica)
Churchill Mountains
Coordinates 81 ° 30 ′  S , 158 ° 30 ′  E Coordinates: 81 ° 30 ′  S , 158 ° 30 ′  E
Map sheet showing the eastern part of the Britannia Range, the Byrd Glacier and the northern part of the Churchill Mountains

Map sheet showing the eastern part of the Britannia Range , the Byrd Glacier and the northern part of the Churchill Mountains

Map sheet showing the southern part of the Churchill Mountains, the Nimrod Glacier and the northern part of the Queen Elizabeth Range

Map sheet showing the southern part of the Churchill Mountains, the Nimrod Glacier and the northern part of the Queen Elizabeth Range

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The Churchill Mountains are a large mountain range in the Transantarctic Mountains that extend on the western edge of the Ross Ice Shelf from the Byrd Glacier to the Nimrod Glacier .

Many of its highest peaks such as Mount Egerton , Mount Field , Mount Wharton , Mount Albert Markham and Mount Nares were first sighted by participants in the Discovery Expedition (1901-1904) led by the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott . The area was examined in depth by the United States Geological Survey and with the help of aerial photographs of the United States Navy between 1960 and 1961. The name of the mountain after the British statesman Winston Churchill (1874-1965) was carried out by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in the year 1965.

The Churchill Mountains include:

f1Georeferencing Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

mountain height Coordinates
Hunt Mountain 3240  m 82 ° 5 ′  S , 159 ° 16 ′  E
Mount Albert Markham 3205  m 81 ° 23 '  S , 158 ° 14'  E
Mount Field 3100  m 80 ° 53 '  S , 158 ° 2'  E
Mount Nares 3000  m 81 ° 27 '  S , 158 ° 10'  E
Mount Egerton 2830  m 80 ° 50 ′  S , 157 ° 55 ′  E
East Egerton 2815  m 80 ° 50 ′  S , 158 ° 6 ′  E
Pyramid Mountain 2810  m 81 ° 19 ′  S , 158 ° 15 ′  E
Mount Wharton 2800  m 81 ° 3 ′  S , 157 ° 49 ′  E
Cerberus Peak 2765  m 82 ° 1 ′  S , 158 ° 46 ′  E
Mount Durnford 2715  m 80 ° 58 ′  S , 158 ° 15 ′  E
Mount Coley 2570  m 81 ° 15 '  S , 158 ° 13'  E
Mount Massam 2494  m 81 ° 44 ′  S , 158 ° 12 ′  E
Elder Peak 2360  m 81 ° 7 ′  S , 157 ° 20 ′  E
Mount Isbell 2360  m 82 ° 22 ′  S , 156 ° 24 ′  E
Mount Frost 2350  m 81 ° 11 ′  S , 158 ° 21 ′  E
Mount Zinkovich 2280  m 81 ° 8 ′  S , 158 ° 21 ′  E
Peters Peak 2220  m 82 ° 14 '  S , 160 ° 4'  E
Rutland Nunatak 2070  m 81 ° 36 '  S , 156 ° 8'  E
Mount Rainbow 2050  m 80 ° 54 '  S , 156 ° 55'  E
Mount Moa 2000  m 80 ° 46 ′  S , 157 ° 57 ′  E
Turk Peak 2000  m 81 ° 2 ′  S , 158 ° 23 ′  E
Mount Hamilton 1990  m 80 ° 40 ′  S , 158 ° 17 ′  E
Mount Stewart 1900  m 80 ° 59 ′  S , 158 ° 32 ′  E
Mount Morse 1800  m 80 ° 49 ′  S , 157 ° 21 ′  E
Mount Liard 1770  m 81 ° 58 '  S , 158 ° 51'  E
Mount Canopus 1710  m 81 ° 50 ′  S , 161 ° 0 ′  E
Egress Peak 1690  m 81 ° 24 '  S , 158 ° 54'  E
Bradshaw Peak 1640  m 81 ° 3 ′  S , 158 ° 34 ′  E
Mount Tuatara 1640  m 80 ° 34 ′  S , 158 ° 20 ′  E
Mount view 1400  m 81 ° 21 ′  S , 159 ° 5 ′  E
Mount Arcone 1350  m 81 ° 43 '  S , 161 ° 2'  E
Abercrombie Crests 1259  m 81 ° 0 ′  S , 160 ° 9 ′  E
Young Peaks 1200  m 81 ° 14 '  S , 158 ° 42'  E
Mount Gough 1000  m 81 ° 38 '  S , 159 ° 22'  E

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 1, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 323 (English).