The Prince Olav Mountains is a

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of 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 Antarctic P ...

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stretching from

Shackleton Glacier Shackleton Glacier is a major Antarctica, Antarctic glacier, over long and from 8 to 16 km (5 to 10 mi) wide, descending from the polar plateau from the vicinity of Roberts Massif and flowing north through the Queen Maud Mountains to e ...

Liv Glacier Liv Glacier is a steep valley glacier, long, emerging from the Antarctic Plateau just southeast of Barnum Peak and draining north through the Queen Maud Mountains to enter Ross Ice Shelf between Mayer Crags and Duncan Mountains. It was discovere ...

at the head of 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 ...

. Discovered in 1911 by

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on the way to the

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, and named by him for the then

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Key mountains

This range includes the following mountains and peaks:

Allaire Peak

Allaire Peak is a rock

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standing northwest of Mount Hall, between the

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and Le Couteur Glaciers. Named by

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(US-ACAN) for Captain C.J. Allaire, USA, on the Staff of the Commander, U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica, during U.S. Navy

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1963.

Mount Campbell

Mount Campbell is a prominent

standing southeast of

Mount Wade The Prince Olav Mountains is a mountain range of the Queen Maud Mountains in Antarctica stretching from Shackleton Glacier to Liv Glacier at the head of the Ross Ice Shelf. Discovered in 1911 by Roald Amundsen on the way to the South Pole, and nam ...

. Discovered and photographed by the USAS (1939–41), and surveyed by A.P. Crary (1957–58). Named by Crary for Joel Campbell of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Antarctic Project Leader for geomagnetic operations, 1957-60.

Centennial Peak

Centennial Peak is a mountain situated south-southeast of

. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos 1960-65. Named by US-ACAN in recognition of the Centennial of

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in 1970, the same year the University's Institute of Polar Studies celebrated its Decennial. The University and the Institute have been very active in Antarctic investigations since 1960.

Mount Finley

Mount Finley is a prominent mountain on the ridge which extends south from

, located south-southwest of Mount Oliver. Named by Rear Admiral Byrd for John H. Finley, President of the

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at the time of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928-30.

Mount Fisher

Mount Fisher is a domed, snow-capped summit standing northwest of Mount Ray. Discovered and photographed by

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on flights to the

in November 1929, and named by him for the Fisher brothers,

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industrialists and contributors to the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928-30.

Jones Peak

Jones Peak is a mainly ice-free peak standing WNW of Mount Fisher at the head of DeGanahl Glacier. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for John M. Jones, Program Officer of the Committee on Polar Research,

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, 1957-1963.

Mount Oliver

Mount Oliver is a mountain over high standing southeast of Mount Campbell. Discovered and photographed by the USAS, 1939-41. Surveyed by A.P. Crary (1957–58) and named by him for Norman Oliver, Air Force Cambridge Research Center, who was Antarctic Project Leader for aurora operations, 1957-60.

Mount Ray

Mount Ray is a mountain located southeast of Mount Fisher. Named by

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for Carleton Ray, USARP zoologist at

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in the 1963-64, 1964–65, and 1965–66 summer seasons.

Mount Sellery

Mount Sellery is a prominent peak between Mount Oliver and Mount Smithson. Discovered and photographed by

on the Baselaying Flight of November 18, 1929, and surveyed by A.P. Crary in 1957-58. The mountain is named by Crary for Harry Sellery of the U.S.

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, who was Antarctic Project Leader for

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studies, 1957-60.

Mount Smithson

Mount Smithson is a mountain over 3,000 m along the northern escarpment of the Prince Olav Mountains, standing 3 mi E of Mount Sellery between the heads of Krout and

Harwell Glacier Gough Glacier () is an Antarctic glacier about long, flowing from the northern slopes of the Prince Olav Mountains and the base of the Lillie Range and trending northward to the Ross Ice Shelf, between the Gabbro Hills and the Bravo Hills. It wa ...

s. Named by US-ACAN for

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, English philanthropist. In 1835, his property came into the possession of the United States Government, having been bequeathed by him for the purpose of founding an institution at Washington, DC, to be called the

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for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.

Features

Geographical features include:

* Allaire Peak *

Barrett Glacier Shackleton Glacier is a major Antarctic glacier, over long and from 8 to 16 km (5 to 10 mi) wide, descending from the polar plateau from the vicinity of Roberts Massif and flowing north through the Queen Maud Mountains to enter the Ros ...

* Cape Irwyn * Centennial Peak *

Clark Spur The Lillie Range of mountains in Antarctica extends northward from the Prince Olav Mountains (in the vicinity of Mount Fisher) to the Ross Ice Shelf. Mounts Hall, Daniel, Krebs and Mason are in the range. It was named by the Southern Party of the ...

* Gough Glacier * Hardiman Peak *

* Holzrichter Glacier * Jones Peak *

Krout Glacier Gough Glacier () is an Antarctic glacier about long, flowing from the northern slopes of the Prince Olav Mountains and the base of the Lillie Range and trending northward to the Ross Ice Shelf, between the Gabbro Hills and the Bravo Hills. It wa ...

Longhorn Spurs The Longhorn Spurs () form a high ridge, long, extending north from the Prince Olav Mountains of Antarctica between Massam Glacier and Barrett Glacier to the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf. A series of rock spurs extend from the west side. The ridge ...

McGregor Glacier McGregor Glacier () is a tributary glacier, long and wide, draining the southwest slopes of the Prince Olav Mountains in Antarctica, and flowing west to enter Shackleton Glacier just north of the Cumulus Hills. It was named by the Southern Part ...

* Mercik Peak * Mount Campbell *

Mount Dodge The Prince Olav Mountains is a mountain range of the Queen Maud Mountains in Antarctica stretching from Shackleton Glacier to Liv Glacier at the head of the Ross Ice Shelf. Discovered in 1911 by Roald Amundsen on the way to the South Pole, and nam ...

* Mount Finley * Mount Fisher *

Mount Hall Mount Hall () is a rock peak, high, standing southwest of Mount Daniel, surmounting the snow-covered, tabular mountain block which forms the south end of Lillie Range, in the foothills of the Prince Olav Mountains, Antarctica. It was discovere ...

Mount Kenney Mount Kenney () is a sharp summit, high, in the Cathedral Peaks, rising east of Shackleton Glacier and northwest of Mount Wade, in the Prince Olav Mountains of Antarctica. It was discovered and photographed by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, ...

Mount Krebs Mount Krebs () is a prominent rock peak, high, surmounting the central part of the main ridge of Lillie Range, north of Mount Daniel, in the foothills of the Prince Olav Mountains, Antarctica. It was discovered by the U.S. Ross Ice Shelf Travers ...

Mount Llano The Prince Olav Mountains is a mountain range of the Queen Maud Mountains in Antarctica stretching from Shackleton Glacier to Liv Glacier at the head of the Ross Ice Shelf. Discovered in 1911 by Roald Amundsen on the way to the South Pole, and nam ...

* Mount McCue *

Mount Munson Mount Munson () is a mountain (2,800 m) rising from the northwest flank of Mount Wade, 3 nautical miles (6 km) from its summit, in the Prince Olav Mountains. Discovered and photographed by R. Admiral Byrd on flights to the Queen Maud Mountai ...

* Mount Oliver * Mount Ray * Mount Roe * Mount Sellery * Mount Smithson *

* Mount Wells * Mount Wendland * Watt Ridge * Zotikov Glacier

References

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