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Mesa Range
The Mesa Range () is a range of flat-topped mesas comprising the Sheehan, Pain, Tobin and Gair Mesas, situated at the head of the Rennick Glacier in Victoria Land, Antarctica. it was given this descriptive name by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition of 1962–63. Features * Biretta Peak * Campbell Glacier * Exposure Hill * Gair Mesa * Haban Spur * Mericle Rock * Mills Valley * Monument Nunataks * Mount Ballou * Mount Fazio * Mount Masley * Pain Mesa * Pinnacle Gap * Scarab Peak * Sheehan Mesa * Siders Bluff * Tobin Mesa * Veto Gap * Watchtower Hill Watchtower Hill () is a small, pointed hill at the southeast side of Pinnacle Gap in the Mesa Range, in Victoria Land Victoria Land is a region in eastern Antarctica which fronts the western side of the Ross Sea and the Ross Ice Shelf, exten ... References Mountain ranges of Victoria Land Pennell Coast {{VictoriaLand-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mesa
A mesa is an isolated, flat-topped elevation, ridge or hill, which is bounded from all sides by steep escarpments and stands distinctly above a surrounding plain. Mesas characteristically consist of flat-lying soft sedimentary rocks capped by a more resistant layer or layers of harder rock, e.g. shales overlain by sandstones. The resistant layer acts as a caprock that forms the flat summit of a mesa. The caprock can consist of either sedimentary rocks such as sandstone and limestone; dissected lava flows; or a deeply eroded duricrust. Unlike ''plateau'', whose usage does not imply horizontal layers of bedrock, e.g. Tibetan Plateau, the term ''mesa'' applies exclusively to the landforms built of flat-lying strata. Instead, flat-topped plateaus are specifically known as '' tablelands''.Duszyński, F., Migoń, P. and Strzelecki, M.C., 2019. ''Escarpment retreat in sedimentary tablelands and cuesta landscapes–Landforms, mechanisms and patterns.'' ''Earth-Science Reviews, no. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mills Valley (Victoria Land, Antarctica)
Mills Valley () is an ice-filled valley indenting the east side of Pain Mesa between Biretta Peak and the Diversion Hills, in the Mesa Range, Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–64, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Commander Norman J. Mills, U.S. Navy Reserve, officer in charge of the Detachment A winter party at McMurdo Station McMurdo Station is a United States Antarctic research station on the south tip of Ross Island, which is in the New Zealand-claimed Ross Dependency on the shore of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica. It is operated by the United States through the Unit ..., 1967. References Valleys of Victoria Land Pennell Coast {{VictoriaLand-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watchtower Hill
Watchtower Hill () is a small, pointed hill at the southeast side of Pinnacle Gap in the Mesa Range, in Victoria Land. So named by the northern party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica. The expeditions were notably active throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Features named by the expeditions 1957 ... (NZGSAE), 1962–63, because the feature provides a good "watchtower" to the entrance of Pinnacle Gap. Hills of Victoria Land Pennell Coast {{VictoriaLand-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veto Gap
Veto Gap () is a gap between Tobin and Gair Mesas in the Mesa Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica which provides access from upper Rennick Glacier to the Aeronaut Glacier. It was named "Veto" by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1962–63, because it decided that Pinnacle Gap to the north offered the better route from Rennick to Aviator Glacier Aviator Glacier is a major valley glacier in Antarctica that is over long and wide, descending generally southward from the plateau of Victoria Land along the west side of Mountaineer Range, and entering Lady Newnes Bay between Cape Sibbald a .... References Mountain passes of Victoria Land Pennell Coast {{PennellCoast-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siders Bluff
Siders Bluff () is a bold rock bluff that forms the northwest end of Tobin Mesa in the Mesa Range, Victoria Land. The bluff exposes an easily accessible section of Jurassic basalt. The feature was studied by Ohio State University geological parties in 1981-82 and 1982–83. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica. History The committee was established ... (US-ACAN) after Mary A. Siders, geologist in those field parties. Cliffs of Victoria Land Pennell Coast {{VictoriaLand-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scarab Peak
Scarab Peak () is a prominent peak, 3,160 m, located 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northeast of Mount Frustum in the southeast end of Tobin Mesa, the Mesa Range, Victoria Land. Named by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica. The expeditions were notably active throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Features named by the expeditions 1957 ... (NZGSAE), 1962–63, for its resemblance to a scarab beetle. Mountains of Victoria Land Pennell Coast {{VictoriaLand-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinnacle Gap
Pinnacle Gap () is a gap between Pain and Tobin Mesas in the Mesa Range of Victoria Land. The feature was traversed and so named by the northern party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1962–63, because it is readily identified by the high rock pinnacle (Mount Ballou Mount Ballou () is a pinnacle-type mountain (2,900 m) which forms the south end of Pain Mesa and the north side of the entrance to Pinnacle Gap in the Mesa Range, Victoria Land, Antarctica. The mountain was first mapped by the United States G ...) on the north ridge overlooking the gap. Mountain passes of Victoria Land Pennell Coast {{VictoriaLand-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Masley
Mount Masley is a prominent flat-topped summit, high, in the narrow, northern part of Pain Mesa, situated east of Silva Ridge in the Mesa Range, Antarctica. It was mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–64, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Andrew J. Masley, an ionospheric physics scientist at McMurdo Station McMurdo Station is a United States Antarctic research station on the south tip of Ross Island, which is in the New Zealand-claimed Ross Dependency on the shore of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica. It is operated by the United States through the Unit ..., summer 1962–63. References Mountains of Victoria Land Pennell Coast {{VictoriaLand-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Fazio
Mount Fazio () is an ice-free mountain, high, marking the southwest end of Tobin Mesa, in the Mesa Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. This topographical feature was first mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–64, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for William V. Fazio, U.S. Navy, a helicopter crewmember during U.S. Navy Operation Deep Freeze, 1966, 1967 and 1968. The mountain lies situated on the Pennell Coast, a portion of Antarctica lying between Cape Williams and Cape Adare Cape Adare is a prominent cape of black basalt forming the northern tip of the Adare Peninsula and the north-easternmost extremity of Victoria Land, East Antarctica. Description Marking the north end of Borchgrevink Coast and the west e .... References Mountains of Victoria Land Pennell Coast {{VictoriaLand-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Ballou
Mount Ballou () is a pinnacle-type mountain (2,900 m) which forms the south end of Pain Mesa and the north side of the entrance to Pinnacle Gap in the Mesa Range, Victoria Land, Antarctica. The mountain was first mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Commander Justin G. Ballou, U.S. Navy, officer in charge of the Detachment A winter party at McMurdo Station, 1966. The mountain lies on the Pennell Coast, a portion of Antarctica lying between Cape Williams and Cape Adare Cape Adare is a prominent cape of black basalt forming the northern tip of the Adare Peninsula and the north-easternmost extremity of Victoria Land, East Antarctica. Description Marking the north end of Borchgrevink Coast and the west e .... Mountains of Victoria Land Pennell Coast {{VictoriaLand-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monument Nunataks
The Monument Nunataks () are a group of nunataks in Antarctica that have numerous pinnacles and odd-shaped projections resembling monuments, situated at the northern extremity of the Mesa Range, north of Sculpture Mountain in the upper part of Rennick Glacier. The group was named by the Northern Party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica. The expeditions were notably active throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Features named by the expeditions 1957 ... of 1962–63. References Nunataks of Victoria Land Pennell Coast {{VictoriaLand-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mericle Rock
Campbell Glacier () is a glacier, about long, originating near the south end of Mesa Range and draining southeast between the Deep Freeze Range and Mount Melbourne to discharge into north Terra Nova Bay. The lower end of the glacier was observed by the Northern Party, led by Lieutenant Victor Campbell, Royal Navy, of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13; it was named for the leader of this party. The extent of the glacier and its discharge into north Terra Nova Bay, rather than the Nansen Ice Sheet, was determined by United States and New Zealand survey parties to the area in 1961–62 and 1962–63. The steep bluff along the east side of the glacier is known as Hades Terrace, Bier Point is a projecting headland on the eastern side of Campbell Glacier. See also * Browning Pass - icy tie to adjacent glacier *Rebuff Glacier Rebuff Glacier () is a tributary glacier descending from the Deep Freeze Range and entering Campbell Glacier 4 nautical miles (7 km) southeast of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
