Forrestal Range

Forrestal Range is located in Antarctica
Forrestal Range
Forrestal Range
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Forrestal Range in Antarctica

The Forrestal Range (83°00′S 049°30′W / 83.000°S 49.500°W / -83.000; -49.500 (Forrestal Range)) is a largely snow-covered mountain range, about 65 nautical miles (120 km; 75 mi) long, standing east of Dufek Massif and the Neptune Range in the Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica.[1]

Discovery and name

The Forrestal Range was discovered and photographed on 13 January 1956 on a transcontinental patrol plane flight of United States Navy Operation Deep Freeze I from McMurdo Sound to the vicinity of the Weddell Sea and return. It was named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after USS Forrestal, first supercarrier of the U.S. Navy. The entire Pensacola Mountains were mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) in 1967 and 1968 from United States Navy tricamera aerial photographs taken in 1964.[1]

Location

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Northern Forrestal Range in center, south of map
South part of Forrestal Range in northwest of map

The Forrestal Range extends in a north-northeast direction along the west side of the Support Force Glacier. The Median Snowfield is to its south and the Sallee Snowfield to its west, separating it from the Dufek Massif. The Ford Ice Piedmont is to its north. Major features from south to north include the Saratoga Table, Lexington Table, Kester Peaks and Mount Malville.[2][3]

Major glaciers and snowfields

Peaks

Peaks over 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) high include:

Mountain m ft coord
Burmester Dome 2,095 6,873 83°22′S 50°56′W / 83.367°S 50.933°W / -83.367; -50.933 (Burmester Dome)
Mount Stephens 2,065 6,775 83°23′S 51°27′W / 83.383°S 51.450°W / -83.383; -51.450 (Mount Stephens)
Mount Lechner 2,030 6,660 83°14′S 50°55′W / 83.233°S 50.917°W / -83.233; -50.917 (Mount Lechner)
Fierle Peak 1,960 6,430 83°25′S 50°58′W / 83.417°S 50.967°W / -83.417; -50.967 (Fierle Peak)
Dyrdal Peak 1,820 5,971 83°25′S 51°23′W / 83.417°S 51.383°W / -83.417; -51.383 (Dyrdal Peak)
Watts Summit 1,785 5,856 83°12′S 50°31′W / 83.200°S 50.517°W / -83.200; -50.517 (Watts Summit)
Vigen Cliffs 1,750 5,741 83°23′S 50°07′W / 83.383°S 50.117°W / -83.383; -50.117 (Vigen Cliffs)
Gabbro Crest 1,750 5,741 83°28′S 50°22′W / 83.467°S 50.367°W / -83.467; -50.367 (Gabbro Crest)
Sheriff Cliffs 1,750 5,741 83°24′S 50°37′W / 83.400°S 50.617°W / -83.400; -50.617 (Sheriff Cliffs)
Haskill Nunatak 1,710 5,610 83°24′S 51°45′W / 83.400°S 51.750°W / -83.400; -51.750 (Haskill Nunatak)
Mount Mann 1,680 5,512 83°12′S 49°20′W / 83.200°S 49.333°W / -83.200; -49.333 (Mount Mann)
Henderson Bluff 1,660 5,446 83°05′S 50°35′W / 83.083°S 50.583°W / -83.083; -50.583 (Henderson Bluff)
Ray Nunatak 1,630 5,348 83°28′S 51°58′W / 83.467°S 51.967°W / -83.467; -51.967 (Ray Nunatak)
Blount Nunatak 1,630 5,348 83°16′S 51°19′W / 83.267°S 51.317°W / -83.267; -51.317 (Blount Nunatak)
Beiszer Nunatak 1,630 5,348 83°29′S 51°57′W / 83.483°S 51.950°W / -83.483; -51.950 (Beiszer Nunatak)
Mount Zirzow 1,615 5,299 83°08′S 49°06′W / 83.133°S 49.100°W / -83.133; -49.100 (Mount Zirzow)

Feature groupings

Features that are the focus of a group of lesser or related features include

References

  1. ^ a b Alberts 1995, p. 252.
  2. ^ Davis Valley USGS.
  3. ^ Saratoga Table USGS.
  4. ^ Alberts 1995, p. 724.
  5. ^ Alberts 1995, p. 481.
  6. ^ Alberts 1995, p. 644.
  7. ^ Alberts 1995, p. 251.
  8. ^ Alberts 1995, p. 458.
  9. ^ Alberts 1995, p. 389.
  10. ^ Alberts 1995, p. 432.
  11. ^ Alberts 1995, p. 649.

Sources

  • Alberts, Fred G., ed. (1995), Geographic Names of the Antarctic (PDF) (2 ed.), United States Board on Geographic Names, retrieved 2023-12-03 Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Board on Geographic Names.
  • Davis Valley, USGS: United States Geological Survey, retrieved 2024-03-22
  • Saratoga Table, USGS: United States Geological Survey, retrieved 2024-03-20