The Eternity Range is a range of mountains long, rising to ,
and trending north–south approximately in the middle of the
Antarctic Peninsula
The Antarctic Peninsula, known as O'Higgins Land in Chile and Tierra de San Martín in Argentina, and originally as Graham Land in the United Kingdom and the Palmer Peninsula in the United States, is the northernmost part of mainland Antarctic ...
, in the
Palmer Land
Palmer Land () is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica that lies south of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This application of Palmer Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the Advisory Committee on Antarctic N ...
region of
Antarctica.
Geography
The Eternity Range is divided into three main mountain blocks, the major summits in each from north to south being
Mount Faith
Mount Faith is a massive mountain north of Mount Hope, rising to from the northern end of the Eternity Range in northern Palmer Land, Antarctica. It was first seen from the air and named by Lincoln Ellsworth during his flights of November 21 and ...
,
Mount Hope, and
Mount Charity. These four names were applied by
Lincoln Ellsworth who discovered the range from the air during his flights of November 21 and November 23, 1935.
Expeditions
In November 1936, the range was surveyed by
John Riddoch Rymill of the
British Graham Land Expedition who gave the name "Mount Wakefield" to the central mountain in the range. This complication by Rymill, and uncertainty as to the precise location or extent of Ellsworth's discovery, hindered for a time a resolution of its nomenclature (i.e., following the
U.S. Antarctic Service expedition in 1939–41, the name Eternity Range or Eternity Mountains was incorrectly applied to the present
Welch Mountains
Welch Mountains () is a group of Antarctic mountains that dominate the area, the highest peak rising to 3,015 m, located 25 nautical miles (46 km) north of Mount Jackson on the east margin of the Dyer Plateau of Palmer Land. These ...
farther south). A careful study of the original reports, maps and photographs, and comparison with materials from subsequent expeditions such as the
Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition
The Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) was an expedition from 1947–1948 which researched the area surrounding the head of the Weddell Sea in Antarctica.
Background
Finn Ronne led the RARE which was the final privately sponsored exp ...
, 1947, and the
Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, 1960, has led to the conclusion that the range described comprises at least the core of Ellsworth's Eternity Range and appropriately commemorates his discovery. The name "Wakefield", given by Rymill, has been transferred to nearby
Wakefield Highland.
[
]
See also
* Antarctandes Range — ''adjacent northern range on the Antarctic Peninsula''.
* Brand Peak — '' lies 10 nautical miles (19 km) east-southeast of the Eternity Range''.
* Mount Sullivan
References
Mountain ranges of Palmer Land
Antarctic Peninsula
{{PalmerLand-geo-stub