Peck Range () is a range of mountains, ridges and hills, 11 nautical miles (20 km) long north–south and 6 nautical miles (11 km) wide, in the west part of
Du Toit Mountains
The Du Toit Mountains are a group of mountains about long and wide, to the south-west of the Wilson Mountains in southeastern Palmer Land, Antarctica. The mountains have peaks rising to and are bounded by Beaumont Glacier, Maury Glacier and ...
,
Black Coast
Black Coast is the portion of the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula between Cape Boggs and Cape Mackintosh. This coast was discovered and photographed from the air by members of the East Base of the U.S. Antarctic Service, 1939–41, on a fl ...
,
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 ...
. The feature rises to about 1,700 m and is bounded to the south by a high snowfield, and to the east and west by unnamed north-flowing glaciers that coalesce at the north end of the range, south of
Mount Wever. The range was mapped by
United States Geological Survey
The United States Geological Survey (USGS), formerly simply known as the Geological Survey, is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, ...
(USGS) from
U.S. Navy
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aerial photographs taken 1966-69 and was visited by a USGS-BAS joint field party, 1986–87. In association with the names of geologists grouped in this area, named by
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) in 1988 after
Dallas Lynn Peck
Dallas Lynn Peck (March 28, 1929 – August 21, 2005) was an American geologist and vulcanologist. Peck was a native of Cheney, Washington. He received his bachelor's (1951) and master's (1953) degrees in geology from the California Institute of ...
, geologist, a world authority on igneous rocks, including granites; eleventh director of the
U.S. Geological Survey
The United States Geological Survey (USGS), formerly simply known as the Geological Survey, is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, and ...
, 1981–93; previously,
Chief Geologist of the
Geologic Division, USGS. Bedrock in the range is almost entirely made up of a coarse-grained fresh granite batholith.
Mountain ranges of Palmer Land
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