The Carnegie Range () is a mountain range in the

Churchill Mountains The Churchill Mountains are a mountain range group of the Transantarctic Mountains System, located in the Ross Dependency region of Antarctica. They border on the western side of the Ross Ice Shelf, between Byrd Glacier and Nimrod Glacier. Seve ...

of the Transantarctic Mountains System, in the Ross Dependency of Antarctica.

Location

The Carnegie Range is long, running north–south between

Errant Glacier The Nimrod Glacier is a major glacier about 135 km (85 mi) long, flowing from the polar plateau in a northerly direction through the Transantarctic Mountains between the Geologists and Miller Ranges, then northeasterly between the ...

and the

Holyoake Range Holyoake Range () is a mountain range in the southern section of the Churchill Mountains, extending in a northwest–southeast direction for about between Prince Philip Glacier and Errant Glacier. It and the Churchill Mountains are part of the ...

on the west and

Algie Glacier The Nimrod Glacier is a major glacier about 135 km (85 mi) long, flowing from the polar plateau in a northerly direction through the Transantarctic Mountains between the Geologists and Miller Ranges, then northeasterly between the ...

and the Nash Range on the east. The range rises to over and is ice-covered except for peaks and ridges in the northern portion and Russell Bluff at the south end. It was named by the

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 ...

after Andrew Carnegie, American industrialist of Scottish birth who established numerous foundations and endowments for education, research, and social advancement, including the provision of public libraries in the United States, Great Britain, and other English speaking countries.

Features

McClintock Ridge

. A prominent east–west ridge that is ice-covered, north of Rubin Peak in the Carnegie Range of the Churchill Mountains, Antarctica. The ridge comprises several aligned summits that descend the east slope of the range for , ending at

. The western portion, near

Mansergh Wall Surveyors Range () is a long mountain range in the Churchill Mountains of Antarctica. Location Surveyors Range is long, extending north along the east side of Starshot Glacier from the Thompson Mountain area to the glacier's terminus at the Ro ...

, rises to over ; elevations decline to near Algie Glacier. The ridge was named by the

after

Barbara McClintock Barbara McClintock (June 16, 1902 – September 2, 1992) was an American scientist and cytogeneticist who was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. McClintock received her PhD in botany from Cornell University in 1927. There s ...

of the Department of Genetics, Carnegie Institution, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, 1942–67, although she continued full-time research, supported by Carnegie, until her death. McClintock was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1983.

Rubin Peak

. A prominent rock summit rising to over in the central part of Carnegie Range, Churchill Mountains. The peak is 11 nautical miles (20 km) north of Russell Bluff. Named by

(US-ACAN) after Vera Rubin, observational astronomer, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1965–2002; with Carnegie Institution co-worker Kent Ford, Rubin confirmed that most of the universe consists of dark matter, 1978.

Nearby Features

Mansergh Snowfield

snowfield A snow field, snowfield or neve is an accumulation of permanent snow and ice, typically found above the snow line, normally in mountainous and glacial terrain. Glaciers originate in snowfields. The lower end of a glacier is usually free from sn ...

in Antarctica feeding the central portion of

Starshot Glacier Starshot Glacier () is a glacier 50 nautical miles (90 km) long, flowing from the polar plateau eastward through the Churchill Mountains, then north along the west side of Surveyors Range, entering the Ross Ice Shelf south of Cape Parr. So ...

, separating the Surveyors Range and

. It was seen by the Holyoake, Cobham and Queen Elizabeth Ranges party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1964–65) and named for G. Mansergh, a geologist with the party.

Russell Bluff

. An ice-free bluff at the east side of the mouth of Errant Glacier, at the juncture with Nimrod Glacier. Mapped by the USGS from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by US-ACAN for John Russell, USARP traverse specialist at McMurdo Sound, 1959.

Silver Ridge

. A long snow-covered ridge lying west of the mouth of Algie Glacier, being a prominent landmark on the north side of Nimrod Glacier. So named by the southern party of the NZGSAE (1960-61) because of the absence of rock on this steep-sided feature.

Algie Knoll

. A rounded ice-covered elevation rising to between Silver Ridge and the mouth of

. Named by

in association with Algie Glacier.

References

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