The Shackleton Range is a

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. Rising at

Holmes Summit Holmes Summit is a peak rising to , the highest elevation in the Read Mountains of the Shackleton Range in Antarctica. It was photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy in 1967 and was surveyed by the British Antarctic Survey in the period 1968–7 ...

to , it extends in an east–west direction for about between the Slessor and

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glaciers. The range was named after Sir

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 ...

, leader of the

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(or "Shackleton's Expedition") of 1914–16.

Surveys

The

Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) of 1955–1958 was a Commonwealth-sponsored expedition that successfully completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica, via the South Pole. It was the first expedition to reach the South ...

(CTAE), which in 1956 saw the range from the air, conducted a ground-level survey of its western part in 1957. The

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photographed the range from the air in 1967. In 1968–69 and 1969–70, the British Antarctic Survey (based at Halley Station) conducted further ground surveys with support from US Navy

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aircraft.

Geology

The Haskard Group and

Turnpike Bluff Turnpike Bluff () is a conspicuous rock formation in Antarctica. First mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, and so named because it marks entry to a crevassed area of Recovery Glacier through which the Expedition's vehicl ...

Group rest

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on the

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-Middle

Proterozoic The Proterozoic () is a geological eon spanning the time interval from 2500 to 538.8million years ago. It is the most recent part of the Precambrian "supereon". It is also the longest eon of the Earth's geologic time scale, and it is subdivided ...

Shackleton Range

Metamorphic Metamorphic rocks arise from the transformation of existing rock to new types of rock in a process called metamorphism. The original rock (protolith) is subjected to temperatures greater than and, often, elevated pressure of or more, causi ...

Complex. The

Ordovician The Ordovician ( ) is a geologic period and System (geology), system, the second of six periods of the Paleozoic Era (geology), Era. The Ordovician spans 41.6 million years from the end of the Cambrian Period million years ago (Mya) to the start ...

-Early

Devonian The Devonian ( ) is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic era, spanning 60.3 million years from the end of the Silurian, million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Carboniferous, Mya. It is named after Devon, England, whe ...

Blaiklock Glacier Group (475 Ma) also unconformably overlies the Shackleton Range Metamorphic Complex. This group is composed of

sandstone Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains. Sandstones comprise about 20–25% of all sedimentary rocks. Most sandstone is composed of quartz or feldspar (both silicates) ...

s and conglomerates, and is unconformably overlain by the

Beacon Supergroup The Beacon Supergroup is a geological formation exposed in Antarctica and deposited from the Devonian to the Triassic (). The unit was originally described as either a formation or sandstone, and upgraded to group and supergroup as time passed. It ...

Features

Geographical features include:

Herbert Mountains

Read Mountains

Du Toit Nunataks

Other features

La Grange Nunataks

Other features

Aronson Corner Aronson Corner () is the cliffed extremity of a snow-capped ridge between Mummery Cliff and Chevreul Cliffs in Pioneers Escarpment, Shackleton Range. It was photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967, and surveyed by the British Antarctic ...

Baines Nunatak Baines Nunatak () is a nunatak rising to to the east of Bernhardi Heights and northwest of Jackson Tooth, Pioneers Escarpment, in the Shackleton Range. It was photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967, surveyed by the British Antarc ...

Bergan Castle Bergan Castle () is a castle-like nunatak rising to to the southwest of Mount Dewar in Shotton Snowfield, Shackleton Range. It was photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967, and surveyed by the British Antarctic Survey, 1968–71. In as ...

Blaiklock Glacier Blaiklock Glacier () is a glacier long, flowing north from Turnpike Bluff, then northwest to Mount Provender and Mount Lowe (Antarctica), Mount Lowe in the western part of the Shackleton Range, Antarctica. It was first mapped in 1957 by the Com ...

Blanchard Hill Blanchard Hill () is a hill between Mount Kelsey and Whymper Spur in the Pioneers Escarpment, eastern Shackleton Range. Photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967, it was surveyed by the British Antarctic Survey, 1968–71. It was named ...

Chevreul Cliffs The Chevreul Cliffs () are a set of cliffs rising to about to the east of Mount Dewar in Pioneers Escarpment, Shackleton Range. They were photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967, and surveyed by the British Antarctic Survey, 1968–71. ...

Clarkson Cliffs Clarkson Cliffs () are ice-covered cliffs marked by rock exposures, rising to at the northeast edge of Fuchs Dome, Shackleton Range. They were photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy, 1967, and surveyed by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), ...

* Clayton Ramparts * Cornwall Glacier * Crossover Pass * Flat Top * Freshfield Nunatak * Fuchs Dome * Genghis Hills *

Gordon Glacier Gordon Glacier () is an Antarctic glacier of at least in length flowing in a northerly direction beginning in the Crossover Pass, flowing through the Shackleton Range to finally meet the Slessor Glacier. The glacier was first mapped in 1957 by ...

* Guyatt Ridge * Haskard Highlands * Honnywill Peak * Jackson Tooth * Lewis Chain * Lindqvist Nunatak * Lister Heights * Lord Nunatak * Lundström Knoll * MacQuarrie Edge * M'Clintock Bastion * Meade Nunatak * Mount Dewar * Mount Greenfield * Mount Haslop *

Mount Homard Mount Homard () is a mountain high, near the head of Blaiklock Glacier, south of the Trey Peaks in the western part of the Shackleton Range The Shackleton Range is a mountain range in Antarctica. Rising at Holmes Summit to , it extends in an ...

Mount Lowe (Antarctica) Mount Lowe () is a mountain having two peaks, the highest rising to , on the south side of the mouth of Blaiklock Glacier in the west part of the Shackleton Range, Antarctica. It was first mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedit ...

* Mount Pivot *

Mount Provender Mount Provender () is a conspicuous rock mountain, 900 m, marking the northwest extremity of the Shackleton Range. It was first mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) of ...

* Mount Sheffield * Mount Skidmore * Mount Weston * Mummery Cliff * Nostoc Lake * Petersen Peak *

Pioneers Escarpment Pioneers Escarpment () is a mostly snow-covered north-facing escarpment, interrupted by occasional bluffs and spurs, between Slessor Glacier on the north and Shotton Snowfield on the south, in the Shackleton Range. The escarpment was photographe ...

* Pointer Nunatak *

Pratts Peak Pratts Peak is a rock peak in Antarctica located east of Mount Provender in the west part of Shackleton Range. It was first mapped in 1957 by the CTAE and it was photographed in 1967 by U.S. Navy trimetrogon aerial photography. It was named by ...

* Ram Bow Bluff *

Recovery Glacier The Recovery Glacier () is a glacier flowing west along the southern side of the Shackleton Range in Antarctica. First seen from the air and examined from the ground by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition in 1957, it was so named because ...

Sauria Buttress Sauria Buttress () is a rock buttress situated in Coats Land, Antarctica, rising to about 1,300 m lying to the southeast of Lundstrom Knoll in Pioneers Escarpment, Shackleton Range. The buttress was photographed from the air by the U.S. Navy in 196 ...

* Shotton Snowfield * Slessor Glacier * Stephenson Bastion * Stratton Glacier *

* Warden Pass *

Wedge Ridge Wedge Ridge () is a conspicuous rock ridge, 1,145 m, near the head of Blaiklock Glacier and immediately west of Pointer Nunatak in the west part of the Shackleton Range. First mapped in 1957 by the CTAE. The name given by the United Kingdom A ...

Whymper Spur Whymper Spur () is a rock spur rising to about 1,250 m eastward of Blanchard Hill in Pioneers Escarpment, Shackleton Range. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1971 after English mountaineer and artist Edwa ...

* Williams Ridge

References

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