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The Tapley Mountains (85°45′S 149°00′W / 85.750°S 149.000°W / -85.750; -149.000) is a mountain range fronting on the eastern side of the Scott Glacier, extending eastward for 56 kilometres (35 mi) between Leverett and Albanus glaciers in the Queen Maud Mountains, a part of the larger Transantarctic Mountains.

Discovered in December 1929 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Laurence McKinley Gould, and named by Byrd for Harold Tapley of Dunedin, New Zealand, agent for the Byrd AE of 1928–30 and 1933–35.

Features

Geographical features include:

Albanus Glacier
Bobo Ridge
Durham Point
Evans Butte
Leverett Glacier
Mount Andes
Mount Bushnell
Mount Durham
Mount Herr
Mount Seebeck
Mount Stahlman
Mount Wallace
Pincer Point
Roe Glacier
Scott Glacier

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