The Hughes Range is a high massive north–south trending

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, surmounted by six prominent summits, of which

Mount Kaplan Mount Kaplan is a massive mountain, the highest in the Hughes Range of Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern ...

(4,230 m) is the highest. The range is located east of

Canyon Glacier Canyon Glacier () is a narrow glacier, long, flowing to the Ross Ice Shelf. It drains the northwest slopes of Mount Wexler and moves northward between steep canyon walls of the Separation Range and Hughes Range to join the ice shelf immediately ...

in the

Queen Maud Mountains The Queen Maud Mountains are a major group of mountains, ranges and subordinate features of the Transantarctic Mountains, lying between the Beardmore and Reedy Glaciers and including the area from the head of the Ross Ice Shelf to the Antarcti ...

and extends from the confluence of Brandau and Keltie glaciers in the south, to the Giovinco Ice Piedmont in the north. Discovered and photographed by Rear Admiral

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on the baselaying flight of November 18, 1929, and named by the

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on the recommendation of Byrd for

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, U.S. secretary of state, U.S. chief justice, and adviser/counselor of Byrd.

Key mountains

*Mount Waterman () is a massive

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, , standing NE of Mount Wexler. The mountain was discovered and photographed by Rear Admiral

on the baselaying flight of November 18, 1929, and surveyed by A.P. Crary from 1957 to 1958. Named by Crary for

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, director of the

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which directly supported U.S. Antarctic programs during and after the 1957-1958

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program. *Mount Wexler () is a prominent ice-free

, , standing north north west of

, the highest peak in the Hughes Range. Discovered and photographed by

on the baselaying flight of November 18, 1929, and surveyed by A.P. Crary from 1957 to 1958. Named by Crary for

Harry Wexler Harry Wexler (March 15, 1911 – August 11, 1962) was an American meteorologist, born in Fall River, Massachusetts. Biography Wexler attended Harvard University, and in 1939 he was awarded a Ph.D. in meteorology under Carl-Gustaf Rossby from th ...

, chief scientist for U.S. Antarctic during the 1957-1958 International Geophysical Year program.

Features

Geographical features include:

Campbell Cliffs The Campbell Cliffs () are a line of high, precipitous cliffs, mostly snow-covered, forming the east wall of Haynes Table in the Hughes Range. They were discovered and photographed by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump on Flight 8A of February 16, 1947, ...

* Good Glacier *

Haynes Table Haynes Table () is a high, snow-covered mesa, some across and rising to , located south of Mount Odishaw in the Hughes Range, of Antarctica, between the heads of Keltie Glacier and Brandau Glacier. It was discovered and photographed by U.S. Nav ...

Lane Plateau Lane Plateau () is a flat, ice-covered plateau that rises to between Mount Waterman, Mount Cartwright, and Mount Bronk in the central Hughes Range of the Queen Maud Mountains, Antarctica. It trends north–south for and is wide. The plateau was ...

Millington Glacier Millington Glacier is a narrow tributary glacier, long, flowing from the eastern slopes of the Hughes Range, Antarctica, into Ramsey Glacier, northward of Mount Valinski. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant C ...

Mount Brennan Mount Brennan () is a dome-shaped mountain, high, which is the northernmost prominent summit in the Hughes Range, standing northeast of Mount Cartwright. It was discovered and photographed by the United States Antarctic Service on Flight C of ...

Mount Bronk Mount Bronk () is a snow-covered mountain in the Hughes Range, a mountain range located in south-central Antarctica. With an altitude of , Mount Bronk represents one of six prominent summits throughout the Hughes Range. Mount Bronk was discovere ...

Mount Cartwright Mount Cartwright () is a sharp peak, high, surmounting a north–south trending ridge north-northwest of Mount Waterman in the Hughes Range. It was discovered and photographed by the United States Antarctic Service on Flight C of February 29 � ...

Mount Odishaw Mount Odishaw () is a high, prominent mountain, 3,965 m, forming a distinctive landmark 9 nautical miles (17 km) south-southwest of Mount Kaplan, in the Hughes Range. Discovered and photographed by R. Admiral Byrd Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr ...

Pain Neve Pain Neve () is a neve between Commonwealth Range and Hughes Range from which the Keltie Glacier drains southwestward to enter Beardmore Glacier. Named by the Southern Party The Southern Party (SP) was a minor political party in the United Sta ...

Perez Glacier Perez Glacier () is a glacier, 10 nautical miles (18 km) long, flowing northeast from Mount Brennan in the Hughes Range to the Ross Ice Shelf east of Giovinco Ice Piedmont. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Ensign ...

Shanklin Glacier Shanklin Glacier () is a glacier in the Hughes Range of Antarctica, flowing southeast from Mount Waterman to enter Muck Glacier at a point west of Ramsey Glacier. The glacier was named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for CWO ...

References

Queen Maud Mountains Mountain ranges of the Ross Dependency Dufek Coast {{DufekCoast-geo-stub