The Worcester Range is a mountain range in
Antarctica standing between the
Skelton and
Mulock Glaciers on the western side 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 ...
. Probably named after the training ship in the Thames, in which many officers of early British Antarctic expeditions trained. Discovered by the
British National Antarctic Expedition (BrNAE), 1901–04. The name seems to have been first applied on the charts of the
British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–09.
The range is part of the Prince Albert-McMurdo Range, which also includes the
Prince Albert Mountains, in the
Victoria Land region of New Zealand's
Ross Dependency claim. These ranges are part of the larger
Transantarctic Mountains, which span the continent.
The highest peak in the range is Mount Harmsworth, a prominent ice-covered peak, , at the NW side of the head of
Delta Glacier. Discovered by the BrNAE and named for
Sir Alfred Harmsworth, later Viscount Northcliffe, a generous contributor to the expedition.
Other notable peaks include
Mount Marks (~2600m), named after
Rodney Marks
Rodney David Marks (13 March 1968 – 12 May 2000) was an Australian astrophysicist who died from methanol poisoning while working in Antarctica.
Early life
Marks was born in Geelong, Victoria in Australia and received his education from the ...
, and
Portal Mountain (2555m).
See also
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Jensen Rampart
References
Mountain ranges of the Ross Dependency
Hillary Coast
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