Heritage Range | |
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Dimensions | |
Length | 160 km (99 mi)[1] |
Width | 48 km (30 mi)[1] |
Geography | |
Continent | Antarctica |
Region | Ellsworth Land |
Range coordinates | 79°45′S 83°00′W / 79.75°S 83°W[1] |
Parent range | Ellsworth Mountains |
Borders on | Sentinel Range |
The Heritage Range is a major mountain range, 160 km (99 mi) long and 48 km (30 mi) wide, situated southward of Minnesota Glacier and forming the southern half of the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. The range is complex, consisting of scattered ridges and peaks of moderate height, escarpments, hills and nunataks, with the various units of relief set off by numerous intervening glaciers.[1]
The northern portion of the range was probably first sighted by Lincoln Ellsworth in the course of his trans-Antarctic flight of November 23, 1935. On December 14, 1959, the southern range was seen for the first time in a reconnaissance flight from Byrd Station, made by Edward C. Thiel, J. C. Craddock and E. S. Robinson. The team landed at a glacier on Pipe Peak, in the northwestern part of the range, on December 26.[1][2]
During the 1962–63 and 1963–64 seasons, the University of Minnesota expeditions made geologic and cartographic surveys of the range. The entire range was mapped by USGS from aerial photographs taken by the U.S. Navy, 1961–66.[1]
The Heritage range was so named by US-ACAN because topographic units within the range have received names relating to the theme of American heritage.[1]
Geographical features include:
Main article: Anderson Massif |
Main article: Douglas Peaks |
Main article: Dunbar Ridge |
Main article: Edson Hills |
Main article: Enterprise Hills |
Main article: Founders Peaks |
Main article: Smith Ridge |
Main article: Frazier Ridge |
Main article: Gifford Peaks |
Main article: Independence Hills |
Main article: Liberty Hills |
Main article: Meyer Hills |
Main article: Gross Hills |
Main article: Inferno Ridge |
Main article: Nimbus Hills |
Main article: Samuel Nunataks |
Main article: Soholt Peaks |
Main article: Watlack Hills |
Main article: Webers Peaks |