Cartographers Range () is a rugged range about long in the

Victory Mountains The Victory Mountains () is a major group of mountains in Victoria Land, Antarctica, about long and wide, which is bounded primarily by Mariner and Tucker glaciers and the Ross Sea. The division between these mountains and the Concord Mountains ...

Victoria Land Victoria Land is a region in eastern Antarctica which fronts the western side of the Ross Sea and the Ross Ice Shelf, extending southward from about 70°30'S to 78°00'S, and westward from the Ross Sea to the edge of the Antarctic Plateau. It ...

in Antarctica. It is bounded on the north by Pearl Harbor Glacier, on the east by

Tucker Glacier Tucker Glacier is a major valley glacier of Victoria Land, about 144 km (90 mi) long, flowing southeast between Admiralty Mountains and Victory Mountains to the Ross Sea. There is a snow saddle at the glacier's head, just west of Homerun ...

, and on the south by Hearfield Glacier and

Trafalgar Glacier Trafalgar Glacier () is a tributary glacier about 30 nautical miles (60 km) long, flowing east in the Victory Mountains to join Tucker Glacier below Bypass Hill, in Victoria Land. Named by New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition The ...

. Mapped by the

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(USGS) from surveys and

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air photos, 1960–64. Named by the United States

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(US-ACAN) for the cartographers and cartographic technicians of the Branch of Special Maps, USGS.

Glaciers

The Cartographers Range is bounded to the north by the Lensen Glacier and Pearl Harbor Glacier, to the east by the

and to the south by the Wood Glacier and

. The Lensen Glacier, DeWald Glacier and

Whiplash Glacier Tucker Glacier is a major valley glacier of Victoria Land, about 144 km (90 mi) long, flowing southeast between Admiralty Mountains and Victory Mountains to the Ross Sea. There is a snow saddle at the glacier's head, just west of Homerun ...

flow north from the range into the Pearl Harbor Glacier. The Wood Glacier, Croll Glacier, Hearfield Glacier and Coulston Glacier flow south into the

Features

Features include, from west to east:

Harrison Peak

. A peak high along the north side of Wood Glacier, about north of Mount McDonald. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by US-ACAN for William R. Harrison, biologist at McMurdo Station, 1967-68.

Bramble Peak

. A peak high that surmounts the northeast side of the head of Croll Glacier. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by US-ACAN for Edward J. Bramble, United States Navy, aviation machinist's mate with Squadron VX-6 at McMurdo Station, 1967.

Capling Peak

. A peak high on the north side of Croll Glacier, southeast of Bramble Peak. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by US-ACAN for Robert W. Capling, United States Navy, aviation machinist's mate and flight engineer on Hercules aircraft at McMurdo Station during Operation Deep Freeze 1967 and 1968.

Aldridge Peak

. A peak high on the ridge between Hearfield Glacier and Trafalgar Glacier. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by US-ACAN for James A. Aldridge, aviation machinist's mate with United States Navy Squadron VX-6 at McMurdo Station, 1967.

Conard Peak

. A peak high along the north side of Hearfield Glacier, about north of Aldridge Peak. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by US-ACAN for Ralph W. Conard, a member of the aircraft ground handling crew with United States Navy Squadron VX-6 at Williams Field, Ross Island, during Operation Deep Freeze 1968.

Mount Bridger

. A mountain high along the south side of Pearl Harbor Glacier, situated north-northeast of Conard Peak. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by US-ACAN for William D. Bridger, United States Navy, aviation machinist's mate and flight engineer on Hercules aircraft at Williams Field, Ross Island, on Operation Deep Freeze 1968.

Moraine Ridge

. A small ridge in the northeast part of Cartographers Range, descending to the southwest flank of Tucker Glacier just south of the junction with Pearl Harbor Glacier. So named by the NZGSAE, 1957-58.

Stevenson Peak

. A peak, high, standing west-northwest of Bypass Hill. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by US-ACAN for Robert G. Stevenson, geologist at McMurdo Station, 1967-68.

Bypass Hill

. Hill, high, situated on the ridge at the junction of Tucker and Trafalgar Glaciers. Named by 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), 1957-58, who established a survey station at this point.

References

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