The Britannia Range is an

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bounded by the Hatherton and Darwin glaciers on the north and the Byrd Glacier on the south, westward of the

Ross Ice Shelf The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf of Antarctica (, an area of roughly and about across: about the size of France). It is several hundred metres thick. The nearly vertical ice front to the open sea is more than long, and between hi ...

. Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–04) under Scott. Named after HMS ''Britannia'', a vessel utilized as a naval college in

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, which had been attended by several officers of Scott's expedition.

Features

* Abus Valley *

Adams Crest Adams Crest is the summit, high, of an irregular V-shaped mountain east of Saburro Peak in the Ravens Mountains, Britannia Range in Antarctica. Named after Colonel Jonathan E. Adams who served as Commander of the 109 Airlift Wing during the ...

* Banna Peak * Beale Peak * Bellum Valley * Benson Bluff * Berry Bastion * Borowski Peak *

Brier Icefalls The Brier Icefalls () are icefalls about high and wide at the east side of Vantage Hill in the Britannia Range. They were named after Frank Brier of the Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, who was Facilities, Engineering and ...

Casatelli Peak Casatelli Peak () is a peak east of Pritchard Peak in the Ravens Mountains, Britannia Range. It rises to about at the end of the west ridge that descends from Adams Crest. It was named after Chief Master Sergeant Michael F. Casatelli who se ...

* Cohn Bluff * Danum Platform *

Darnell Nunatak Darnell Nunatak () is a prominent nunatak, high, standing northwest of Mount Rummage in the southwestern part of the Britannia Range. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Chief Aviation Machinist's Mate Shepard L. Dar ...

* Dartmouth Peak * DeGalan Peak * Doll Peak * Dubris Valley * Dusky Ledge * Dusky Ridge * Forbes Ridge * Hourihan Glacier *

Hughes Basin Hughes Basin () is a large basinlike névé in the Britannia Range of Antarctica which is bounded except to the south by the Ravens Mountains, Mount Henderson, Mount Olympus and Mount Quackenbush. The feature is long and the ice surface descends ...

* Icenhower Ridge * Jacobs Peak * Johnson Spire * Johnstone Ridge * Krissek Peak * Lemanis Valley * Lucia Peak * Magnis Ridge * Marty Nunataks *

Menster Ledge Hughes Basin () is a large basinlike névé in the Britannia Range of Antarctica which is bounded except to the south by the Ravens Mountains, Mount Henderson, Mount Olympus and Mount Quackenbush. The feature is long and the ice surface descends ...

* Metaris Valley * Moore Pinnacle *

Mount Aldrich Mount Aldrich () is a massive, somewhat flat-topped mountain standing at the east side of Ragotzkie Glacier in Britannia Range. Discovered by the ''Discovery'' expedition (1901–04) and named for Admiral Pelham Aldrich Admiral Pelham Aldrich, ...

* Mount Askin *

Mount Brunswick Mount Brunswick (officially Brunswick Mountain), , is a summit in the Britannia Range of the North Shore Mountains on the Howe Sound side of the latter range. The mountain is located just northwest of the village of Lions Bay and is the namesake o ...

* Mount Henderson *

Mount McClintock Mount McClintock is the highest mountain () in the Britannia Range in Antarctica, surmounting the south end of Forbes Ridge, east of Mount Olympus. It was discovered by the ''Discovery'' expedition (1901–04) and named for Admiral Sir Leopold ...

Mount Quackenbush Mount Quackenbush () is a flat-topped mountain in Antarctica, 2,435 m, which forms a projecting angle along the steep cliffs bordering the north side of Byrd Glacier, just west of Peckham Glacier. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic ...

* Mount Rhone * Mount Selby * Nebraska Peaks * Onnum Ridge * Onnum Valley * Operose Peak * Peckham Glacier * Pontes Ridge *

Pritchard Peak Pritchard Peak is a peak in Antarctica rising to over 1800m, 3 nautical miles (6 km) southeast of Saburro Peak in the Doll Mountains, Britannia Range. Named after Colonel Marion Graham Pritchard, Jr., who served as Vice Commander and th ...

Ragotzkie Glacier Ragotzkie Glacier () is a glacier in the Britannia Range, about 10 nautical miles (18 km) long, flowing northward along the west side of Mount Aldrich and coalescing with other north-flowing glaciers which enter the Hatherton Glacier to the s ...

* Rand Peak *

Sabrina Ridge Sabrina Ridge () is a bare rock ridge between Sabrina Valley and Tamarus Valley, 5 miles (8 km) south of Derrick Peak in Britannia Range (Antarctica), Britannia Range. Named in association with Britannia by a University of Waikato (N.Z.) geolog ...

Sabrina Valley Sabrina Valley () is an ice-free valley between Pontes Ridge and Sabrina Ridge in the Britannia Range (Antarctica), Britannia Range. Named in association with Sabrina Ridge by a University of Waikato geological party, 1978–79. External links ...

* Saburro Peak *

Sennet Glacier The Byrd Glacier is a major glacier in Antarctica, about long and wide, draining an extensive area of the polar plateau and flowing eastward between the Britannia Range and Churchill Mountains to discharge into the Ross Ice Shelf at Barne Inl ...

* Stahl Peak * Sternberg Peak * Sullivan Knoll * Three Nunataks * Tisobis Valley * Tyke Nunatak *

Vantage Hill Vantages Hill () (Adam Hayat) is a flat-topped hill, over 2,000 m above sea level and 300 m above the surrounding plateau, standing 10 nautical miles (18 km) southwest of Mount Henderson in the western part of Britannia Range. This is the m ...

* Venta Plateau * Waldrip Ledge * Warburton Ledge * Ward Tower *

Westhaven Nunatak Westhaven Nunatak () is a prominent nunatak, 2,240 m, standing 3 nautical miles (6 km) south of Turnstile Ridge in the northwest part of Britannia Range. It is the westernmost rock outcrop in this part of the range. The Darwin Gla ...

* Yancey Glacier

External links

* Mountain ranges of the Ross Dependency Hillary Coast {{RossDependency-geo-stub

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