Eisenhower Range
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| Range coordinates | 74°15′S 162°15′E / 74.250°S 162.250°E |
The Eisenhower Range (74°15′S 162°15′E / 74.250°S 162.250°E) is a majestic mountain range, about 45 nautical miles (83 km; 52 mi) long and rising to 3,070 metres (10,070 ft), which rises between Reeves Névé on the west, Reeves Glacier on the south, and Priestley Glacier on the north and east, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. The range is flat topped and descends gradually to Reeves Névé, but is steep cliffed and marked by sharp spurs along the Priestley Glacier.[1] It is in the north of the Prince Albert Mountains, southwest of the Deep Freeze Range.
The Eisenhower Range was probably observed by most early expeditions due to its prominence as viewed from the Ross Sea. The range was mapped in detail by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1955–63. It was named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (|US-ACAN) for Dwight D. Eisenhower, who was President of the United States in 1954, at the time when the U.S. Navy's Operation Deep Freeze expeditions to Antarctica were initiated.[1]
Location
The Eisenhower Range is in the Prince Albert Mountains.[2] The northwestern tip of the range defines the southwest edge of the upper Priestley Glacier, and includes Clingman Peak, Tantalus Peak and the Ogden Heights.[3] The southwest extension of the range includes Calfee Nunatak, Mount Fenton, Mount Macintosh and Skinner Ridge, reaching down to the head of the Reeves Glacier.[4] The main southeast escarpment of the range includes Timber Peak, Mount New Zealand and Nash Ridge along the Priestley Glacier, and Mount Baxter, Simpson Crags, Mount Nansen, Thern Promontory, Mount Matz, Andersson Ridge, McCarthy Ridge, Rhodes Head and Gray Rock.[2]
Mountains of this range include Mount Baxter (2430 m) and Mount Nansen (2740 m).
Western features
Calfee Nunatak
74°19'S, 161°40'E
An isolated nunatak at the E side of Reeves Neve, 4 mi W of Mount Fenton, in Victoria Land. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1956-62. Named by US-ACAN for David W. Calfee, field assistant at McMurdo Station, 1965-66.[5]
Mount Fenton
74°20'S, 161°55'E
A peak (2,480 m) rising from the northern part of Skinner Ridge, 2 mi NE of Mount Mackintosh, in Victoria Land. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956-62. Named by US-ACAN for Michael D. Fenton, geologist at McMurdo Station, 1965-66.[6]
Mount Macintosh
74°22'S, 161°49'E
A peak (2,300 m) that rises from Skinner Ridge, 2 mi SW of Mount Fenton, on the western margin of the Eisenhower Range of Victoria Land. Charted by the BrAE (1907-09) under Ernest Shackleton, who named it for A.L.A. Mackintosh, Second Officer on the expedition ship, the Nimrod.[7]
Skinner Ridge
74°24'S, 161°45'E
A ridge, 12 mi long, that descends southwestward from the western side of Eisenhower Range in Victoria Land. Mounts Fenton and Mackintosh are astride the northern part of this ridge. The feature was visited by the Southern Party of the NZGSAE (1962-63), who named it for D.N.B. Skinner, geologist with the expedition.[8]
