The Carlstrom Foothills () are a group of peaks and ridges running north–south between
Mount Albert Markham
The Churchill Mountains are a mountain range group of the Transantarctic Mountains System, located in the Ross Dependency region of Antarctica. They border on the western side of the Ross Ice Shelf, between Byrd Glacier and Nimrod Glacier.
Several ...
and
Kelly Plateau Kelly Plateau () is an ice-covered plateau, about long and from wide, on the east side of the Churchill Mountains, Antarctica, between the lower parts of Jorda Glacier and Flynn Glacier. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names ...
in the
Churchill Mountains
The Churchill Mountains are a mountain range group of the Transantarctic Mountains System, located in the Ross Dependency region of Antarctica. They border on the western side of the Ross Ice Shelf, between Byrd Glacier and Nimrod Glacier.
Seve ...
. The feature is long with summits rising to . It was named by the
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 ...
after
John Carlstrom
John E. Carlstrom (born 1957) is an American astrophysicist, and Professor, Departments of Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Physics, at the University of Chicago.
He graduated from Vassar College with a B.A. in 1981, and from the University of Cal ...
of the department of astronomy and astrophysics,
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chicago is consistently ranked among the b ...
; projects director, Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica at
South Pole Station
South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west.
Etymology
The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz ...
from 2001.
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Features
Geographical features include:
* Bally Glacier
Bally Glacier () is a glacier long which occupies the central part of the Carlstrom Foothills of the Churchill Mountains. It flows north along the east side of Mount Blick into Jorda Glacier. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarcti ...
* Benbrook Glacier
Benbrook Glacier () is a glacier long in the Churchill Mountains. It flows south-southeast from Egress Peak, Carlstrom Foothills, into the Flynn Glacier. It was named after James R. Benbrook of the Department of Physics, University of Houston, ...
* Egress Peak Egress Peak () is a peak rising to east of Mount Albert Markham in the Churchill Mountains of Antarctica. Situated at the western extremity of the Carlstrom Foothills, the peak overlooks a ice divide. Benbrook Glacier flows south from the divide ...
* Mount Blick
The Carlstrom Foothills () are a group of peaks and ridges running north–south between Mount Albert Markham and Kelly Plateau in the Churchill Mountains. The feature is long with summits rising to . It was named by the Advisory Committee on Anta ...
* Pernic Bluff