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Antarctica ID: | 16397 |
Name: | Welch Mountains |
Class: | Summit |
Latitude: | -70.95 |
Longitude: | -63.5 |
Elevation: | 3015 |
Description: | A group of mountains that dominate the area, the highest peak rising to 3,015 m, located 25 mi N of Mount Jackson on the E margin of the Dyer Plateau of Palmer Land. These mountains were probably seen from the air by Ellsworth in 1935 and their N extremities were sketched in 1936 by a British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) sledge party under Rymill. In 1940 they were photographed from the air and charted from the ground by the U.S. Antarctic Service (USAS), and in the expedition reports and charts were assumed to be Ellsworth's Eternity Range (q.v.). The mountains were mapped in detail by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in 1974. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for R. Admiral David F. Welch, Commander, U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica, 1969-71. |
BGN: | 01-JAN-71 |
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Antarctica ID: | 16397 |
Name: | Eternity Mountains |
Class: | Summit |
Latitude: | -70.95 |
Longitude: | -63.5 |
Elevation: | 3015 |
Description: | A group of mountains that dominate the area, the highest peak rising to 3,015 m, located 25 mi N of Mount Jackson on the E margin of the Dyer Plateau of Palmer Land. These mountains were probably seen from the air by Ellsworth in 1935 and their N extremities were sketched in 1936 by a British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) sledge party under Rymill. In 1940 they were photographed from the air and charted from the ground by the U.S. Antarctic Service (USAS), and in the expedition reports and charts were assumed to be Ellsworth's Eternity Range (q.v.). The mountains were mapped in detail by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in 1974. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for R. Admiral David F. Welch, Commander, U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica, 1969-71. |
BGN: | 01-JAN-71 |
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