Royal Society Range

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Royal Society Range
View of the Royal Society Range from the icy Ross Sea

View of the Royal Society Range from the icy Ross Sea

Highest peak Mount Lister ( 4025  m )
location Victoria Land , East Antarctica
part of Transantarctic Mountains
Royal Society Range (Antarctica)
Royal Society Range
Coordinates 78 ° 10 ′  S , 162 ° 40 ′  E Coordinates: 78 ° 10 ′  S , 162 ° 40 ′  E
surface 5,566 km²
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The Royal Society Range is a mountain range of the Transantarctic Mountains in the south of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It stretches along the Scott coast between the Koettlitz , Skelton and Ferrar glaciers . The highest point is Mount Lister at 4025  m . Other named peaks are Mount Rucker with 3816  m and Mount Hooker with 3800  m .

Numerous young cinder cones are evidence of Pleistocene volcanism in this region , possibly lasting into the Holocene .

The first sighting was probably done in 1841 by James Clark Ross . The mountain range was explored by participants in the Discovery Expedition (1901-1904) under the direction of British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott , who named it after the Royal Society and named many peaks after their members. The Royal Society had given the expedition financial and organizational support.

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Map from 1962 with the Royal Society Range on the left