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Patuxent Range

Coordinates: 84°43′S 64°30′W / 84.717°S 64.500°W / -84.717; -64.500 (Patuxent Range)
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Patuxent Range
Patuxent Range is located in Antarctica
Patuxent Range
Location in Antarctica
Highest point
Coordinates84°43′S 64°30′W / 84.717°S 64.500°W / -84.717; -64.500 (Patuxent Range)
Geography
Parent rangePensacola Mountains

The Patuxent Range (84°43′S 64°30′W / 84.717°S 64.500°W / -84.717; -64.500 (Patuxent Range)) is a major range of the Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica. It comprises the Thomas Hills, Anderson Hills, Mackin Table and various nunataks and ridges bounded by the Foundation Ice Stream, Academy Glacier and the Patuxent Ice Stream.[1]

Exploration and name

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The Patuxent Range was discovered and partially photographed on January 13, 1956 in the course of a transcontinental nonstop plane flight by personnel of U.S. Navy Operation Deep Freeze I from McMurdo Sound to Weddell Sea and return. It was named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for the Naval Air Station Patuxent River (at Cedar Point, Maryland) located on the south side of the mouth of the Patuxent River. The range was mapped in detail by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956-66.[2]

Location

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Patuxent Range in center of map
South tip of Patuxent Range in north center of map

The Putuxent Range lies to the south of the Foundation Ice Stream, west of the Academy Glacier and northeast of the Patuxent Ice Stream. In the north, the Thomas Hills run along the south side of the Foundation Ice Stream. The MacNamara Glacier to their south separates them from the Anderson Hills. In the southwest, Snake Ridge is at the center of a scattered group of nunataks. Mackin Table is in the southeast.[3]

Glaciers

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Features

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Geographical features that contain or are the focus of groups of lesser features include:

References

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  1. ^ a b Alberts 1995, p. 560.
  2. ^ Alberts 1995, pp. 560–561.
  3. ^ Thomas Hills USGS.
  4. ^ Alberts 1995, p. 254.
  5. ^ Alberts 1995, p. 2.
  6. ^ Alberts 1995, p. 742.
  7. ^ Alberts 1995, p. 18.
  8. ^ Alberts 1995, p. 689.
  9. ^ Alberts 1995, p. 453.

Sources

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  • 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.
  • Thomas Hills, USGS: United States Geological Survey, retrieved 2024-03-18