The Wisconsin Range () is a major

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of the

Horlick Mountains The Horlick Mountains are a mountain range in the Transantarctic Mountains of Antarctica. Some sources indicate that the designation includes the Ohio Range, the Long Hills, and all of the Wisconsin Range, while others suggest that it includes o ...

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, comprising the Wisconsin Plateau and numerous

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s, ridges and peaks bounded by the

Reedy Glacier The Reedy Glacier is a major glacier in Antarctica, over 160 km (100 mi) long and from 10 to 19 km (6 to 12 mi) wide, descending from the polar plateau to the Ross Ice Shelf between the Michigan Plateau and Wisconsin Range, and ...

, Shimizu Ice Stream, Horlick Ice Stream and the interior ice plateau. The range was mapped by the

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from surveys and

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air photos, 1959–64. Named by

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for the

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, which has sent numerous researchers to Antarctica. Most of the upland surface area of the range is the Wisconsin Plateau (), a large ice-capped plain with general elevations above . To the east and southeast, the plateau descends gradually and with only minor ice escarpments to merge with the interior ice plateau; to the north and west, the plateau displays abrupt escarpments and cliffs of over 1,000 metres. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–64. Named by US-ACAN in association with the Wisconsin Range. __NOTOC__

List of mountains

This range includes the following mountains and peaks:

Faure Peak

Faure Peak is a peak, 3,940 m, standing 3.5 mi E of Mount Minshew along the northern side of Wisconsin Plateau. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–64. Named by US-ACAN for Gunter Faure, leader of the Ohio State University geological party to the Horlick Mountains, 1964–65.

Koopman Peak

Koopman Peak is a peak over 2,200 m, standing 2 mi N of Moran Buttress on the northern side of the range. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–64. Named by US-ACAN for Kenneth E. Koopman, Navy yeoman on

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1965–67.

Mount LeSchack

Mount LeSchack is a distinctive flat-topped mountain standing on the north side of Perkins Canyon. Mapped by USGS from surveys and

air photos, 1959–60. Named by US-ACAN for Leonard A. LeSchack, traverse seismologist,

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winter party, 1958.

Mount Minshew

Mount Minshew is a prominent, mainly ice-covered mountain with a small exposed summit peak, 3,895 m, standing 3.5 mi W of Faure Peak at the NW extremity of the elevated plateau portion of the range. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–64. Named by US-ACAN for Velon H. Minshew, geologist with the

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geologic party to the Horlick Mountains, 1964–65.

Sheets Peak

Sheets Peak is a

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over 1,800 m, standing 1 mile (1.6 km) northwest of Koopman Peak on the north side of the range. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–64. Named by US-ACAN for

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, journalist on U.S. Navy

1965–67.

Mount Soyat

Mount Soyat is a prominent

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in the western side of the Wisconsin Range, rising on the east side of

just north of the junction of

Norfolk Glacier Norfolk Glacier () is a glacier, 12 nautical miles (22 km) long, draining westward from Wisconsin Range to enter Reedy Glacier between mounts Soyat and Bolton. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air ph ...

. Mapped by USGS from surveys and

air photos, 1960–64. Named by US-ACAN for Commander

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, U.S. Navy, air operations officer with Squadron

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, winter 1962.

Key Geological features

Gierloff Nunataks

Gierloff Nunataks () is a group of

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s lying 8 nautical miles (15 km) northwest of Lentz Buttress, at the northern side of the range. Mapped by USGS from surveys and

air photos, 1960–64. Named by US-ACAN after George B. Gierloff, builder,

winter party, 1961.

Lentz Buttress

Lentz Buttress () is a prominent rock bluff 5 mi ENE of Faure Peak, rising to 2,800 m and forming a projection along the northern side of the Wisconsin Plateau. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–64. Named by US-ACAN for Lieutenant Malcolm W. Lentz, U.S. Navy, officer in charge of the South Pole Station winter party, 1962.

Perkins Canyon

Perkins Canyon is a

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at the head of Quonset Glacier, between Ruseski Buttress and Mount LeSchack, along the northern side of the range. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–60. Named by US-ACAN for David M. Perkins, geomagnetist, Byrd Station winter party, 1961.

Ruseski Buttress

Ruseski Buttress () is a buttress rock or spur forming the south portal to Perkins Canyon along the northern side of the range. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–60. Named for Lieutenant Peter P. Ruseski (MC) U.S. Navy, of the

winter party, 1958.

Features

Angus Nunatak Angus Nunatak () is the northern of two nunataks which lie close north of Mount Brecher in the Wisconsin Range of the Horlick Mountains in Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, ...

Baker Nunatak Baker Nunatak is a nunatak standing northwest of Mount Brecher in the northern Wisconsin Range of the Horlick Mountains of Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–60, and ...

Brinton Nunatak Brinton Nunatak () is a small nunatak marking the west extremity of the Ford Nunataks. In the Wisconsin Range, Horlick Mountains. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos 1960–64, and named by ...

Davisville Glacier Davisville Glacier () is a glacier about long which drains the north slopes of the Wisconsin Range, between Lentz Buttress and Moran Buttress, and trends northwestward to merge with the lower portion of the Horlick Ice Stream. It was mapped by ...

Feeley Peak Feeley Peak () is a peak, high, standing northwest of Sheets Peak, between Davisville Glacier and Quonset Glacier on the north side of the Wisconsin Range in Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S ...

Ford Nunataks The Ford Nunataks () are a cluster of nunataks and low peaks rising above a network of ice-drowned ridges about in extent, lying northwest of Murtaugh Peak in the Wisconsin Range of the Horlick Mountains, Antarctica. They were mapped by the Unit ...

Garczynski Nunatak Garczynski Nunatak () is a cone-shaped nunatak, the highest in a cluster of nunataks close west of Mount Brecher, lying at the north flank of Quonset Glacier in the Wisconsin Range of the Horlick Mountains of Antarctica. It was mapped by the Unite ...

* Gibbon Nunatak * Goodwin Peak *

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Haworth Mesa Haworth Mesa () is an ice-capped mesa with steep rock walls whose summit area is long and wide and rises to , standing between Sisco Mesa and Mount McNaughton where it forms part of the divide between Norfolk Glacier and Olentangy Glacier in the ...

* Hueneme Glacier * Martens Peak * McCrilliss Nunatak *

Mickler Spur The Wisconsin Range () is a major mountain range of the Horlick Mountains in Antarctica, comprising the Wisconsin Plateau and numerous glaciers, ridges and peaks bounded by the Reedy Glacier, Shimizu Ice Stream, Horlick Ice Stream and the interior ...

* Moran Buttress *

Mount Bolton Mount Bolton is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia on the Continental Divide, northeast of Elkford, Kootenay Land District. It was named after Bolton, Lambert Ernest Stanley DLS. Bolton was serving with the Canadian Pioneers ...

Mount Brecher The Wisconsin Range () is a major mountain range of the Horlick Mountains in Antarctica, comprising the Wisconsin Plateau and numerous glaciers, ridges and peaks bounded by the Reedy Glacier, Shimizu Ice Stream, Horlick Ice Stream and the interior ...

Mount Frontz The Wisconsin Range () is a major mountain range of the Horlick Mountains in Antarctica, comprising the Wisconsin Plateau and numerous glaciers, ridges and peaks bounded by the Reedy Glacier, Shimizu Ice Stream, Horlick Ice Stream and the interior ...

Mount Huckaby The Wisconsin Range () is a major mountain range of the Horlick Mountains in Antarctica, comprising the Wisconsin Plateau and numerous glaciers, ridges and peaks bounded by the Reedy Glacier, Shimizu Ice Stream, Horlick Ice Stream and the interior ...

Mount McNaughton The Wisconsin Range () is a major mountain range of the Horlick Mountains in Antarctica, comprising the Wisconsin Plateau and numerous glaciers, ridges and peaks bounded by the Reedy Glacier, Shimizu Ice Stream, Horlick Ice Stream and the interior ...

* Mount Neder *

Mount Sweatt Mount Sweatt () is a mountain, 2,540 m, standing 6.5 nautical miles (12 km) northeast of Mount Soyat on the ridge between Hueneme and Norfolk Glaciers, in the Wisconsin Range. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from su ...

Mount Vito The Wisconsin Range () is a major mountain range of the Horlick Mountains in Antarctica, comprising the Wisconsin Plateau and numerous glaciers, ridges and peaks bounded by the Reedy Glacier, Shimizu Ice Stream, Horlick Ice Stream and the interior ...

Murtaugh Peak Murtaugh Peak () is a sharp peak, 3,085 m, surmounting a ridge 4 nautical miles (7 km) west-northwest of Mount Minshew in the Wisconsin Range, Horlick Mountains, Antarctica. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U. ...

Quonset Glacier Quonset Glacier () is a glacier about 20 miles (32 km) long which drains the north slopes of Wisconsin Range between Mount LeSchack and Ruseski Buttress and trends west-northwest to enter the north side of Davisville Glacier. Mapped by Unite ...

* Saunders Rock *

Sisco Mesa The Wisconsin Range () is a major mountain range of the Horlick Mountains in Antarctica, comprising the Wisconsin Plateau and numerous glaciers, ridges and peaks bounded by the Reedy Glacier, Shimizu Ice Stream, Horlick Ice Stream and the interior ...

* Spencer Nunatak *

Spiers Nunatak The Wisconsin Range () is a major mountain range of the Horlick Mountains in Antarctica, comprising the Wisconsin Plateau and numerous glaciers, ridges and peaks bounded by the Reedy Glacier, Shimizu Ice Stream, Horlick Ice Stream and the interi ...

* Walters Peak *

Widich Nunatak The Wisconsin Range () is a major mountain range of the Horlick Mountains in Antarctica, comprising the Wisconsin Plateau and numerous glaciers, ridges and peaks bounded by the Reedy Glacier, Shimizu Ice Stream, Horlick Ice Stream and the interior ...

References

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