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Aristotle Mountains is the fan-shaped sequence of ridges spreading east-northeastwards from its summit
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on the
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. The feature is named after the
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Aristotle Aristotle (; grc-gre, Ἀριστοτέλης ''Aristotélēs'', ; 384–322 BC) was a Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. Taught by Plato, he was the founder of the Peripatetic school of phil ...
who in his book ''Meteorology'' dated c. 350 BC was the first to conjecture the existence of a landmass in the southern high-latitude region, calling it ''Antarctica''.Aristotle Mountains.
SCAR Composite Antarctic Gazetteer


Extent and location

The feature extends 62 km in a southwest-northeast direction and 44 km in the northwest-southeast direction, and is bounded by
Crane Glacier Crane Glacier (), is a narrow glacier which flows in an east-northeasterly direction along the northwest side of Aristotle Mountains to enter Spillane Fjord south of Devetaki Peak, on the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. Sir Hubert Wil ...
to the northwest, Exasperation Inlet to the northeast and
Flask Glacier Flask Glacier (), is a gently-sloping glacier, long, flowing east from Bruce Plateau to enter Scar Inlet between Daggoo Peak and Spouter Peak in Graham Land, Antarctica. The lower reaches of this glacier were surveyed and photographed by the ...
to the south. It is linked to
Roundel Dome Roundel Dome () is a mainly snow-covered dome, with a small circular rock exposure at the summit, rising to 1,770 m on the east side of Bruce Plateau, between the heads of Crane and Flask Glaciers. The feature is a useful landmark along a proven e ...
and
Bruce Plateau Bruce Plateau () is an ice-covered plateau, at least long and about high, extending northeast from the heads of Gould Glacier and Erskine Glacier to the vicinity of Flandres Bay, in Graham Land. It borders Avery Plateau on the south and Forbidden ...
to the west-southwest by a saddle 1550 m in elevation. The mountains are centred at , and were mapped by the
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in 1964.


Maps


Antarctic Digital Database (ADD).
Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.


See also

* Pippin Peaks * Whitewhale Bastion


Notes


References


Aristotle Mountains.
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Composite Antarctic Gazetteer The Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (CGA) of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) is the authoritative international gazetteer containing all Antarctic toponyms published in national gazetteers, plus basic information about t ...
.
Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer.
Antarctic Place-names Commission The Antarctic Place-names Commission was established by the Bulgarian Antarctic Institute in 1994, and since 2001 has been a body affiliated with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria. The Commission approves Bulgarian place names in ...
. (details in Bulgarian
basic data
in English)


External links

Aristotle Mountains.
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