Heritage Range facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Heritage Range |
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| Dimensions | |
| Length | 160 km (99 mi) |
| Width | 48 km (30 mi) |
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 Location in Antarctica
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| Continent | Antarctica |
| State/Province | Ellsworth Land |
| Range coordinates | 79°45′S 83°00′W / 79.75°S 83°W |
| 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.
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.
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.
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.
Contents
Maps
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Map of northern Heritage Range
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Map of southern Heritage Range
Features
Geographical features include:
Anderson Massif
Anderson Massif
Douglas Peaks
Douglas Peaks
Dunbar Ridge
Dunbar Ridge
Edson Hills
Edson Hills
Enterprise Hills
- Ahrnsbrak Glacier
- Bell Valley
- Chappell Peak
- Connell Canyon
- Guarcello Peak
- Henderson Glacier
- Horseshoe Valley
- Mount Dolence
- Mount Rossman
- Parrish Peak
- Plummer Glacier
- Rhodes Bluff
- Schoeck Peak
- Seal Glacier
- Shoemaker Peak
- Strong Peak
- Sutton Peak
- Union Glacier
- Urban Point
Founders Peaks
Smith Ridge
Smith Ridge
Other Founders Peaks features
Founders Peaks
Frazier Ridge
Frazier Ridge
Gifford Peaks
Gifford Peaks
Independence Hills
- Marble Hills
- Horseshoe Valley
- Morris Cliff
- Mount Geissel
- Mount Shattuck
- Mount Simmons
- Patriot Hills
- Redpath Peaks
Liberty Hills (Antarctica)
- Horseshoe Valley
- Kelley Peak
- Moulder Peak
- Mount Rosenthal
- Sponholz Peak
Meyer Hills
Meyer Hills
Pioneer Heights
Gross Hills
Gross Hills
Inferno Ridge
Inferno Ridge
Nimbus Hills
Samuel Nunataks
Samuel Nunataks
Other Nimbus Hills features
Nimbus Hills
Other Pioneer Heights features
Pioneer Heights
Soholt Peaks
- Balish Glacier
- Conglomerate Ridge
- Eley Peak
- Mount Bursik
- Mount Macalester
- Schanz Glacier
- Yochelson Ridge
Watlack Hills
Watlack Hills
Webers Peaks
Webers Peaks
Other features
- Barrett Nunataks
- Bingham Peak
- Cagle Peaks
- Carnell Peak
- Charles Peak
- Cunningham Peak
- Dott Ice Rise
- Driscoll Glacier
- Dybvadskog Peak
- Founders Escarpment
- Fusco Nunatak
- Gould Spur
- Gowan Glacier
- Hall Peak
- Hercules Inlet
- Herrin Peak
- High Nunatak
- Hoinkes Peak
- Hutto Peak
- Landmark Peak
- Linder Peak
- Matney Peak
- Mhire Spur
- Minnesota Glacier
- Mount Bursik
- Mount Johns
- Mount Rodger
- Mount Twiss
- Mount Woollard
- Navigator Peak
- Planck Point
- Robinson Peak
- Rutford Ice Stream
- Schneider Glacier
- Thompson Nunataks
- Three Sails
- Unger Peak
- Weaver Nunataks
- White Escarpment
- Wilson Nunataks
- Zavis Peak
See also
In Spanish: Cordillera Heritage para niños
