The Commonwealth Range is a north-south trending

range Range may refer to: Geography * Range (geographic), a chain of hills or mountains; a somewhat linear, complex mountainous or hilly area (cordillera, sierra) ** Mountain range, a group of mountains bordered by lowlands * Range, a term used to i ...

of rugged mountains, long, located within the Queen Maud Mountains on the

Dufek Coast The Dufek Coast is that portion of the coast along the southwest margin of the Ross Ice Shelf between Airdrop Peak on the east side of the Beardmore Glacier and Morris Peak on the east side of Liv Glacier. It was named by the New Zealand Antarct ...

of the continent of Antarctica. The range borders the eastern side of

Beardmore Glacier The Beardmore Glacier in Antarctica is one of the largest valley glaciers in the world, being long and having a width of . It descends about from the Antarctic Plateau to the Ross Ice Shelf and is bordered by the Commonwealth Range of the Queen ...

from 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 ...

Keltie Glacier Keltie Glacier is a large Antarctic glacier, long, draining from Pain Névé southwest around the southern extremity of the Commonwealth Range, and then northwest to enter Beardmore Glacier at Ranfurly Point. It was discovered by the Br ...

. The range was discovered by the British Antarctic Expedition (1907–09) and named by the expedition after the Commonwealth of

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, which gave much assistance to the expedition.Name Details

Key features

Its highest peak is Flat Top at 4000 meters or 13,123 feet. Other peaks within the range include: * Mount Donaldson – *

Mount Macdonald Mount Macdonald is a mountain peak located in the Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia, Canada, immediately to the east of Rogers Pass in Glacier National Park. It is notable as the location of the Canadian Pacific Railway's Connaught and M ...

– *

Mount Hermanson Mount Hermanson () is an ice-covered mountain in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica, high, standing at the head of Cunningham Glacier, southwest of Gray Peak. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Captain J.M. Herm ...

– *

Mount Deakin The Commonwealth Range is a north-south trending range of rugged mountains, long, located within the Queen Maud Mountains on the Dufek Coast of the continent of Antarctica. The range borders the eastern side of Beardmore Glacier from the Ross Ic ...

– * Gray Peak – Flat Top's next highest neighbor is the massive

Mount Kaplan Mount Kaplan is a massive mountain, the highest in the Hughes Range of Antarctica, standing 5 km (3 mi) southeast of Mount Wexler. The mountain was discovered and photographed by Admiral Byrd on the Baselaying Flight of November 18, 1 ...

to the east-northeast.

Features

Geographical features include:

* Airdrop Peak *

* Beetle Spur * Celebration Pass *

Dolphin Spur The Commonwealth Range is a north-south trending range of rugged mountains, long, located within the Queen Maud Mountains on the Dufek Coast of the continent of Antarctica. The range borders the eastern side of Beardmore Glacier from the Ross Ic ...

* Ebony Ridge * Flat Top * Hood Glacier *

* Lands End Nunataks *

Ludeman Glacier Ludeman Glacier () is a valley glacier, long, flowing north through the Commonwealth Range, Antarctica, to enter the east side of Beardmore Glacier at a point north of Mount Donaldson. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names f ...

* Mount Cyril * Mount Donaldson * Mount Harcourt * Mount Henry * Mount Kathleen * Mount Kyffin *

Mount Patrick Mount Patrick () is a massive, largely ice-covered mountain in the Commonwealth Range of Antarctica, rising to just east of Wedge Face Wedge Face () is a descriptive name for the prominent wedge-shaped rock spur that projects from Mount Patric ...

* Mount Robert Scott *

Osicki Glacier The Beardmore Glacier in Antarctica is one of the largest valley glaciers in the world, being long and having a width of . It descends about from the Antarctic Plateau to the Ross Ice Shelf and is bordered by the Commonwealth Range of the Que ...

* Pain Neve * Separation Range *

Siege Dome The Commonwealth Range is a north-south trending range of rugged mountains, long, located within the Queen Maud Mountains on the Dufek Coast of the continent of Antarctica. The range borders the eastern side of Beardmore Glacier from the Ross Ic ...

References

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