Douglas Range

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Douglas Range
Satellite image from 2009 of the northern end of the Douglas Range with Mount Nicholas (right) east of the Hampton Glacier

Satellite image from 2009 of the northern end of the Douglas Range with Mount Nicholas (right) east of the Hampton Glacier

Highest peak Mount Stephenson ( 2987  m )
location Alexander I Island , Antarctica
Douglas Range (Antarctic Peninsula)
Douglas Range
Coordinates 70 ° 0 ′  S , 69 ° 35 ′  W Coordinates: 70 ° 0 ′  S , 69 ° 35 ′  W
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The Douglas Range is a 120 km long and steeply rising coastal mountain range with a northwest-southeast orientation on the east side of the West Antarctic Alexander I Island . The mountain range extends from Mount Nicholas to Mount Edred and overlooks the northern part of George VI Sound .

After the French polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot was the first to sight Mount Nicholas in 1909, the American polar explorer Lincoln Ellsworth determined the entire extent of the mountain during an overflight on November 23, 1935. The resulting aerial photos were used by Ellworth's compatriot WLG Joerg for a rough mapping. The eastern flank of the range was superficially surveyed in 1936, starting from George VI Sound, by participants in the British Graham Land Expedition (1934-1937) under the direction of the Australian polar explorer John Rymill . The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey carried out a new survey of the area from 1948 to 1950. The entire range, including its western flank, was mapped using aerial photographs taken during the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947-1948) under the direction of the US polar explorer Finn Ronne . Participants of the British Graham Land Expedition named the mountain range after Admiral Percy Douglas (1876–1939), chairman of the advisory board of this expedition.

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