The Darwin Mountains is a group of
mountain
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s between the
Darwin and
Hatherton glacier
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s in
Antarctica
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. Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–04) and named for Major
Leonard Darwin
Leonard Darwin (15 January 1850 – 26 March 1943) was an English politician, economist and eugenicist. He was a son of the naturalist Charles Darwin, and also a mentor to Ronald Fisher, a statistician and evolutionary biologist.
Biography
L ...
, at that time Honorary Secretary of the
Royal Geographical Society
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.
Features
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Access Slope
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Colosseum Ridge Colosseum Ridge () is a ridge between Haskell Ridge and Richardson Hill in the Darwin Mountains. The ridge contains pyramidal peaks and five large cirques, the appearance of the latter bearing a resemblance to the Colosseum in Rome. It was mapped ...
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Communication Heights
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Conant Valley
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Corell Cirque
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Darwin Glacier
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Darwin Névé
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Duncan Bluff
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Exodus Glacier
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Exodus Valley
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Friedmann Peak
Friedmann Peak () is a prominent peak rising to in the central part of Kennett Ridge, in the Darwin Mountains of Antarctica. It was named after Roseli Ocampo Friedmann, professor of microbiology at Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, Florida, w ...
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Grant Valley
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Green Glacier
Green Glacier () is a glacier on the east side of Graham Land, Antarctica, long and wide, flowing from the plateau northeast between Dugerjav Peak and Rugate Ridge, and then east into Vaughan Inlet next north of Pirne Peak and south of the t ...
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Hale Valley
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Harvey Cirque
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Haskell Ridge
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Hatherton Glacier
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Island Arena
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Junction Spur Junction Spur () is a rocky spur marking the eastern extremity of the Darwin Mountains and the junction of Hatherton Glacier and Darwin Glacier. It was mapped and named by the Darwin Glacier party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
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Kennett Ridge
Kennett Ridge () is a rocky ridge, long, which descends eastward from the northeast end of Midnight Plateau in the Darwin Mountains of Antarctica. It was mapped by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition The Antarctic Research ...
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Lindstrom Ridge
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Mason Nunatak
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McKay Valley
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Meteorite Hills
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Midnight Plateau
Midnight Plateau () is a prominent ice-covered plateau, over high, forming the central feature of the Darwin Mountains in Antarctica. It is the only area of snow accumulation in the Darwin Mountains. The plateau was discovered by the Victoria Univ ...
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Misthound Cirque
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Mount Ash
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Mount Ellis
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Muchmore Valley
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Overturn Glacier
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Polarmail Ledge
Midnight Plateau () is a prominent ice-covered plateau, over high, forming the central feature of the Darwin Mountains in Antarctica. It is the only area of snow accumulation in the Darwin Mountains. The plateau was discovered by the Victoria Univ ...
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Prebble Icefalls
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Richardson Hill
The Darwin Mountains is a group of mountains between the Darwin and Hatherton glaciers in Antarctica. Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–04) and named for Major Leonard Darwin, at that time Honorary Secretary of the R ...
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Scheuermann Spur
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Score Ridge
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Skilton Ledge
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Smith Heights Smith Heights () is the highest part of the jumble of peaks between Kennett Ridge and Junction Spur in the eastern part of the Darwin Mountains. Mapped by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition The Antarctic Research Centre (AR ...
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Tether Rock
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Wellman Valley
Further reading
* Gunter Faure, Teresa M. Mensing, '
The Transantarctic Mountains: Rocks, Ice, Meteorites and Water'', PP 297 – 300
* Christopher R. Fielding, Tracy D. Frank, John L. Isbell, Editors, '
Resolving the Late Paleozoic Ice Age in Time and Space'', PP 59 – 69
* WARWICK F. VINCENT, CLIVE HOWARD-WILLIAMS, '
Nitrate-rich inland waters of the Ross Ice Shelf region, Antarctica'', Antarctic Science 6 (3): 339-346 (1994), P 340
References
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Mountain ranges of Oates Land
East Antarctica
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