The Supporters Range () is a rugged range 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 Antarctic P ...

of Antarctica. It is long, bordering the eastern side of

Mill Glacier Mill Glacier is a tributary glacier, wide, flowing northwest between the Dominion Range and the Supporters Range into Beardmore Glacier, Antarctica. It was discovered by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–09, and named for Hugh Robert Mill ...

, from

Keltie Glacier Keltie Glacier is a large Antarctic glacier, long, draining from Pain Névé southwest around the southern extremity of the Commonwealth Range, and then northwest to enter Beardmore Glacier at Ranfurly Point. It was discovered by the Br ...

in the north to Mill Stream Glacier in the south. So named by the

New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica. The expeditions were notably active throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Features named by the expeditions 1957 ...

(NZGSAE) (1961–62) because several peaks of the range are named after supporters of

Ernest Shackleton Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (15 February 1874 – 5 January 1922) was an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic. He was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of ...

's British Antarctic Expedition (1907–09).

Location

The northern point of the range lies between

, flowing from the east, and

flowing from the south and converging with

Beardmore Glacier The Beardmore Glacier in Antarctica is one of the largest valley glaciers in the world, being long and having a width of . It descends about from the Antarctic Plateau to the Ross Ice Shelf and is bordered by the Commonwealth Range of the Queen ...

. Ranfurly Point is its northernmost point.

Laird Glacier Keltie Glacier is a large Antarctic glacier, long, draining from Pain Névé southwest around the southern extremity of the Commonwealth Range, and then northwest to enter Beardmore Glacier at Ranfurly Point. It was discovered by the Britis ...

flows from the range in Keltie Glacier, and

Snakeskin Glacier Keltie Glacier is a large Antarctic glacier, long, draining from Pain Névé southwest around the southern extremity of the Commonwealth Range, and then northwest to enter Beardmore Glacier at Ranfurly Point. It was discovered by the Britis ...

flows along the northeast side of the range into Keltie Glacier. Other features in the north include Scully Terrace, Mount Kinsey and Mount Westminster. Features further south include Mount Iveagh, Mount Judd, Mount White and Mount Henry Lucy. The

Jensen Glacier Keltie Glacier is a large Antarctic glacier, long, draining from Pain Névé southwest around the southern extremity of the Commonwealth Range, and then northwest to enter Beardmore Glacier at Ranfurly Point. It was discovered by the Britis ...

flows along the southeast of the range, separated from the Snakeskin Glacier by the

Lhasa Nunatak The Barton Mountains () are a group of mountains located south of the Commonwealth Range and the Hughes Range and bounded by Keltie Glacier, Brandau Glacier, Leigh Hunt Glacier, and Snakeskin Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Exploration ...

Features

Features, from north to south, include:

Ranfurly Point

. A low rocky point marking the convergence of the Beardmore and Keltie Glaciers, at the northern extremity of Supporters Range. Named by D.B. Rainey, Cartographic Branch of the Department of Lands and Survey, New Zealand, for Lord Ranfurly, Governor of New Zealand, 1897-1904.

Scully Terrace

. A bold, flat-topped terrace which is triangular in plan and borders the northwest part of Supporters Range between Ranfurly Point and Mount Kinsey, on the east side of upper Beardmore Glacier. Named in 1986 by United States

Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica. History The committee was established ...

(US-ACAN) after R. Tucker Scully, Director, Office of Oceans and Polar Affairs, United States Department of State, with responsibility for policy and negotiations relative to Antarctic resources, conservation, and the inspection of foreign stations under the Antarctic Treaty.

Mount Kinsey

. A mountain, high, at the east edge of Beardmore Glacier, standing southwest of Ranfurly Point. Named by the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09 for J.J. Kinsey of Christchurch, who conducted the affairs of the expedition in New Zealand.

Mount Westminster

. A mountain, high, on the east side of Beardmore Glacier, standing south of Mount Kinsey. Discovered and named by the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09. Named for

Hugh Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster, (familiarly " Bendor"; 19 March 1879 – 19 July 1953) was a British landowner and one of the wealthiest men in the world. He was the son of Victor Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor, son of the ...

, a financial supporter of the expedition.

Mount Iveagh

. A broad mountain in the Supporters Range, overlooking the east side of Mill Glacier northwest of Mount White. Discovered by the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09 and named for

Edward Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh Edward Cecil Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh, (10 November 1847 – 7 October 1927) was an Irish businessman and philanthropist. A member of the prominent Anglo-Irish Guinness family, he was the head of the family's eponymous brewing business, ma ...

, who helped finance the expedition.

Mount Judd

. A prominent bare rock mountain, over high, surmounting the ridge running north from Mount White. Named by US-ACAN for Robert C. Judd, USARP meteorologist at South Pole Station, winter 1964, and Hallett Station, 1964-65 summer season.

Mount White

. A massive mountain, high, standing north-northwest of Mount Henry Lucy and forming the highest elevation in the Supporters Range. Discovered by the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09 and named for the Secretary of the expedition.

Mount Henry Lucy

. A prominent peak, high, standing south-southeast of Mount White at the south end of Supporters Range. Discovered by the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09 and named for Sir

Henry Lucy Sir Henry William Lucy JP, (5 December 1842 – 20 February 1924) was a famed English political journalist of the Victorian era In the history of the United Kingdom and the British Empire, the Victorian era was the period of Quee ...

, M.P., who publicized Shackleton's expedition and assisted in obtaining a financial grant from Parliament for the expedition.

References

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