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Mount Creighton
The Porthos Range is the second range south in the Prince Charles Mountains of Antarctica, extending for about 30 miles in an east-to-west direction between Scylla Glacier and Charybdis Glacier. First visited in December 1956 by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) southern party under W.G. Bewsher (1956-57) and named after Porthos, a character in Alexandre Dumas, père's novel ''The Three Musketeers'', the most popular book read on the southern journey. Features * Charybdis Glacier * Corry Massif () is a large massif marked by an unusual moraine pattern on the north side, standing west-northwest of Crohn Massif. It was mapped from ANARE surveys and air photos, 1955–65, and named by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA)(ANCA) for M.J. Corry, a surveyor at Mawson Station in 1965. * Crohn Massif () is a large, domed massif in Antarctica, west of Mount Kirkby. It was sighted by the ANARE southern party and named for Peter W. Crohn, a geolog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Charles Mountains
The Prince Charles Mountains are a major group of mountains in Mac. Robertson Land in Antarctica, including the Athos Range, the Porthos Range, and the Aramis Range. The highest peak is Mount Menzies, with a height of . Other prominent peaks are Mount Izabelle and Mount Stinear (). These mountains, together with other scattered peaks, form an arc about long, extending from the vicinity of Mount Starlight in the north to Goodspeed Nunataks in the south. These mountains were first observed and photographed from a distance by airmen of USN Operation Highjump, 1946–47. They were examined by several ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) parties and mapped in the years 1954–61. They have been found to contain large deposits of iron ore. They were named by ANCA in 1956 for King Charles III, then Prince Charles and heir to the throne, son of the late Queen Elizabeth II. List of key mountains * Mount Afflick () is a ridge-like mountain about west of Moun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
