The Ford Ranges (77°0′S 144°0′W / 77.000°S 144.000°W) are a grouping of mountain ranges standing east of Sulzberger Ice Shelf and Block Bay in the northwest part of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. Discovered by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition on December 5, 1929, they were named by Byrd for Edsel Ford of the Ford Motor Company, who helped finance the expedition.[1]
Geological features
Ranges
The Ford Ranges include a number of mountain groupings and features:
Mountains
Not a comprehensive list...
- Mount Corey; Chester Mountains
- Mount Darling; Allegheny Mountains
- Mount Iphigene (76°31′S 145°50′W / 76.517°S 145.833°W); Fosdick Mountains, just west of Ochs Glacier between Marujupu Peak and Birchall Peaks.[2]
- Mackey Rock, Fosdick Mountains, is a large isolated rock eight nautical miles (15 km) southwest of the Mount Iphigene.[3]
- Mount Luyendyk; Fosdick Mountains
- Mount Maglione; Clark Mountains
- Marujupu Peak (76°31′S 145°37′W / 76.517°S 145.617°W); Fosdick Mountains. A conspicuous nunatak standing above the main flow of Ochs Glacier, between Mount Iphigene and Mount Ferranto.[4]
- Mount Peddie; Phillips Mountains
- Mount Rea (77°4′S 145°30′W / 77.067°S 145.500°W); Sarnoff Mountains. A prominent mountain standing between Arthur Glacier and Boyd Glacier.[5]
- Mount Spencer; Allegheny Mountains
- Mount Stancliff; Denfeld Mountains
- Mount Swartley; Allegheny Mountains
- Mount Tolley; Allegheny Mountains
- Saunders Mountain; Denfeld Mountains
Other features
References
- ↑ "Ford Ranges". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2005-09-30.
- ↑ "Mount Iphigene". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2008-03-20.
- ↑ "Mackey Rock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-07-17.
- ↑ "Marujupu Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2008-03-20.
- ↑ "Mount Rea". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2007-03-12.
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