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Crouse Spur
The Kester Peaks () are three aligned rock peaks standing together south of Mount Malville on the east side of the Forrestal Range, in the Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica. Mapping and name The Kester Peaks were mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and United States Navy air photos from 1956 to 1966, They were named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Larry T. Kester, a photographer with United States Navy Squadron VX-6 during Operation Deep Freeze in 1964. Location The Kester Peaks are towards the north of the Forrestal Range, which trends north-northeast between the Sallee Snowfield to the west and the Support Force Glacier to the east. They are south of Mount Malville and north of the Lexington Table. Nearby features to the south include the Lance Rocks, Crouse Spur and Gray Hill. Nearby features Lance Rocks . Two rocks lying together at the northeast end of Grouse Spur. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pensacola Mountains
The Pensacola Mountains are a large group of mountain ranges of the Transantarctic Mountains System, located in the Queen Elizabeth Land region of Antarctica. Geography They extend 450 km (280 mi) in a NE-SW direction. Subranges of the Pensacola Mountains include: Argentina Range, Forrestal Range, Dufek Massif, Cordiner Peaks, Neptune Range, Patuxent Range, Rambo Nunataks and Pecora Escarpment. These mountain units lie astride the extensive Foundation Ice Stream and Support Force Glacier which drain northward to the Ronne Ice Shelf. ;Naming Discovered and photographed on 13 January 1956 in the course of a transcontinental nonstop plane flight by personnel of United States Navy Operation Deep Freeze I from McMurdo Sound to Weddell Sea and return. Named by US-ACAN for the U.S. Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida, in commemoration of the historic role of that establishment in training aviators of the U.S. Navy. The mountains were mapped in detail by USGS from surveys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
