The Darwin Mountains is a group of

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s between the Darwin and Hatherton

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. Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–04) and named for Major

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Colosseum Ridge Colosseum Ridge () is a ridge between Haskell Ridge and Richardson Hill in the Darwin Mountains. The ridge contains pyramidal peaks and five large cirques, the appearance of the latter bearing a resemblance to the Colosseum in Rome. It was mapped ...

* Communication Heights * Conant Valley * Corell Cirque * Darwin Glacier *

Darwin Névé Darwin Névé () is a large névé in Antarctica. It is on the west side of the Cook Mountains and the Darwin Mountains and feeds both Darwin Glacier and Hatherton Glacier. It was named for its association with Darwin Glacier by the New Zealand Da ...

* Duncan Bluff * Exodus Glacier * Exodus Valley * Friedmann Peak *

Grant Valley Grant Valley () is a valley between the Communication Heights and Mount Ash in the Darwin Mountains of Antarctica. A lobe of ice from Hatherton Glacier occupies the mouth of the valley. It was named after Bettie Kathryn Grant, Information Systems ...

Green Glacier Green Glacier () is a glacier on the east side of Graham Land, Antarctica, long and wide, flowing from the plateau northeast between Dugerjav Peak and Rugate Ridge, and then east into Vaughan Inlet next north of Pirne Peak and south of the t ...

* Hale Valley * Harvey Cirque *

Haskell Ridge Haskell Ridge () is a rocky ridge west of Colosseum Ridge in the Darwin Mountains of Antarctica. It was mapped by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition The Antarctic Research Centre (ARC) is part of the School of Geography, Env ...

Hatherton Glacier Hatherton Glacier is a large glacier flowing from the Antarctic polar plateau generally eastward along the south side of the Darwin Mountains and entering Darwin Glacier at Junction Spur. It was mapped by the Darwin Glacier Party of the Commonwe ...

Island Arena Island Arena () is a broad valley occupied by a lateral lobe of the Darwin Glacier, Antarctica, indenting the north side of the Darwin Mountains between Colosseum Ridge and Kennett Ridge. An islandlike nunatak, Richardson Hill, rises above the ice ...

Junction Spur Junction Spur () is a rocky spur marking the eastern extremity of the Darwin Mountains and the junction of Hatherton Glacier and Darwin Glacier. It was mapped and named by the Darwin Glacier party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition ...

Kennett Ridge Kennett Ridge () is a rocky ridge, long, which descends eastward from the northeast end of Midnight Plateau in the Darwin Mountains of Antarctica. It was mapped by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition The Antarctic Research ...

Lindstrom Ridge Lindstrom Ridge () is a ridge on the west side of Green Glacier in the Darwin Mountains of Antarctica. The ridge is long and forms the eastern end of the Meteorite Hills. It is named after Marilyn Lindstrom, curator of Antarctic meteorites at the N ...

Mason Nunatak Mason Nunatak () is a nunatak, which is the summit or ridge of a mountain that protrudes from an ice field or glacier that otherwise covers most of the mountain or ridge. This particular nunatuk is long at the northwest end of the Meteorite Hills ...

McKay Valley McKay Valley () is the central of three largely ice-free valleys that trend east from Midnight Plateau in the Darwin Mountains of Antarctica. It was named after physicist Christopher P. McKay, of the NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Califo ...

Meteorite Hills The Meteorite Hills () are a group of hills, long, forming the western portion of the Darwin Mountains in Antarctica. The hills are located between the heads of Darwin Glacier and Hatherton Glacier. The name was proposed by John O. Annexstad of ...

Midnight Plateau Midnight Plateau () is a prominent ice-covered plateau, over high, forming the central feature of the Darwin Mountains in Antarctica. It is the only area of snow accumulation in the Darwin Mountains. The plateau was discovered by the Victoria Univ ...

Misthound Cirque Misthound Cirque () is a cirque forming a large embayment in the east side of Haskell Ridge in the Darwin Mountains of Antarctica. It is the type locality for the Misthound Coal measures, a formation of the Beacon Sequence of the Darwin Mountain ...

* Mount Ash * Mount Ellis * Muchmore Valley * Overturn Glacier *

Polarmail Ledge Midnight Plateau () is a prominent ice-covered plateau, over high, forming the central feature of the Darwin Mountains in Antarctica. It is the only area of snow accumulation in the Darwin Mountains. The plateau was discovered by the Victoria Univ ...

* Prebble Icefalls *

Richardson Hill The Darwin Mountains is a group of mountains between the Darwin and Hatherton glaciers in Antarctica. Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–04) and named for Major Leonard Darwin, at that time Honorary Secretary of the R ...

* Scheuermann Spur * Score Ridge * Skilton Ledge *

Smith Heights Smith Heights () is the highest part of the jumble of peaks between Kennett Ridge and Junction Spur in the eastern part of the Darwin Mountains. Mapped by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition The Antarctic Research Centre (AR ...

* Tether Rock * Wellman Valley

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