The Queen Alexandra Range (84°00′S 168°00′E / 84.000°S 168.000°E / -84.000; 168.000 (Queen Alexandra Range)) is a major mountain range about 100 nautical miles (190 km; 120 mi) long, bordering the entire western side of Beardmore Glacier from the Polar Plateau to the Ross Ice Shelf.[2] The range is in the Transantarctic Mountains System, and is located in the Ross Dependency region of Antarctica.

Queen Alexandra Range
Queen Alexandra Range is located in Antarctica
Queen Alexandra Range
Queen Alexandra Range
Location in Antarctica
Highest point
PeakMount Kirkpatrick
Elevation4,528 m (14,856 ft)
Dimensions
Length160 km (99 mi)[1]
Area74,641 km2 (28,819 sq mi)
Geography
Range coordinates84°00′S 168°00′E / 84.000°S 168.000°E / -84.000; 168.000 (Queen Alexandra Range)[2]

Discovery

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The Queen Alexandra Range was discovered on the journey toward the South Pole by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–09 (BrAE), and was named by Ernest Shackleton for Queen Alexandra, Queen of the United Kingdom, 1901-10.[2] Shackleton and his men, and a later expedition headed by Robert Falcon Scott, both collected rock samples from the range that contained fossils. The discovery that multicellular life forms had lived so close to the South Pole was an additional piece of evidence that accompanied the publication (in 1910 and independently in 1912) of the theory of continental drift.[citation needed]

Location

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The Queen Alexandra Range is bounded by the Beardmore Glacier along its southeast edge, which divides it from the Commonwealth Range of the Queen Maud Mountains to the east. The west of the range is bounded by the Antarctic Plateau in the south. Further north it is bounded by the Walcott Névé to the east, which separates the range from the Colbert Hills. The Walcott Névé joins the Law Glacier in the Bowden Névé which feeds the Lennox-King Glacier. This glacier bounds the northwest part of the range, and separates it from the Holland Range to the north. The northern tip of the range extends to the Ross Ice Shelf between the Lennox King Glaciers and Beardmore Glacier.[3][4][5]

Major glaciers

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Mountains and peaks

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Northern part of range in south of map. Lennox King Glacier (west), Beardmore Glacier (East)
Southern part of range, west of Beardmore Glacier

Mountains and peaks over 3,000 metres (9,800 ft) high include:

Mountain m ft coord
Mount Kirkpatrick 4,528 14,856 84°20′S 166°25′E / 84.333°S 166.417°E / -84.333; 166.417 (Mount Kirkpatrick)
Mount Elizabeth 4,480 14,698 (83°54′S 168°23′E / 83.900°S 168.383°E / -83.900; 168.383 (Mount Elizabeth)
Mount Bell 4,305 14,124 84°04′S 167°30′E / 84.067°S 167.500°E / -84.067; 167.500 (Mount Bell)
Mount Mackellar 4,295 14,091 83°59′S 166°39′E / 83.983°S 166.650°E / -83.983; 166.650 (Mount Mackellar)
Fleming Summit 4,200 13,780 84°20′00″S 166°18′00″E / 84.33333°S 166.3°E / -84.33333; 166.3 (Fleming Summit)
Mount Dickerson 4,120 13,517 84°20′S 167°08′E / 84.333°S 167.133°E / -84.333; 167.133 (Mount Dickerson)
Decennial Peak 4,020 13,189 84°22′S 166°02′E / 84.367°S 166.033°E / -84.367; 166.033 (Decennial Peak)
Mount Anne 3,870 12,697 83°48′S 168°30′E / 83.800°S 168.500°E / -83.800; 168.500 (Mount Anne)
Mount Falla 3,825 12,549 84°22′S 164°55′E / 84.367°S 164.917°E / -84.367; 164.917 (Mount Falla)
Tempest Peak 3,410 11,188 84°31′S 164°11′E / 84.517°S 164.183°E / -84.517; 164.183 (Tempest Peak)
Blizzard Peak 3,375 11,073 84°38′S 164°08′E / 84.633°S 164.133°E / -84.633; 164.133 (Blizzard Peak)
Barnes Peak 3,360 11,024 84°23′S 167°34′E / 84.383°S 167.567°E / -84.383; 167.567 (Barnes Peak)
Storm Peak 3,280 10,761 84°35′S 164°00′E / 84.583°S 164.000°E / -84.583; 164.000 (Storm Peak)
Mount Stanley 3,220 10,564 84°09′S 165°29′E / 84.150°S 165.483°E / -84.150; 165.483 (Mount Stanley)
Lindsay Peak 3,210 10,531 84°37′S 163°32′E / 84.617°S 163.533°E / -84.617; 163.533 (Lindsay Peak)
Mount Marshall 3,160 10,367 84°41′S 164°39′E / 84.683°S 164.650°E / -84.683; 164.650 (Mount Marshall)
Pagoda Peak 3,040 9,974 83°56′S 166°45′E / 83.933°S 166.750°E / -83.933; 166.750 (Pagoda Peak)
Mount Price 3,030 9,941 84°29′S 166°38′E / 84.483°S 166.633°E / -84.483; 166.633 (Mount Price))
Mount Bishop 3,020 9,908 83°43′S 168°42′E / 83.717°S 168.700°E / -83.717; 168.700 (Mount Bishop)
Kip Peak 3,000 9,843 84°31′00″S 164°28′00″E / 84.5167°S 164.46667°E / -84.5167; 164.46667 (Kip Peak)

Features

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Major features that are the focus of a named or unnamed group of lesser features, include:

References

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  1. ^ Queen Alexandra Range PB.
  2. ^ a b c Alberts 1995, p. 599.
  3. ^ Buckley Island USGS.
  4. ^ Mount Elizabeth USGS.
  5. ^ The Cloudmaker USGS.
  6. ^ Alberts 1995, p. 53.
  7. ^ Alberts 1995, p. 423.
  8. ^ Alberts 1995, p. 84.
  9. ^ Alberts 1995, p. 791.
  10. ^ Alberts 1995, p. 428.
  11. ^ Alberts 1995, p. 506.
  12. ^ Alberts 1995, p. 217.
  13. ^ Alberts 1995, p. 453.
  14. ^ Alberts 1995, p. 297.
  15. ^ Alberts 1995, p. 141.
  16. ^ Alberts 1995, p. 394.
  17. ^ Alberts 1995, p. 4.
  18. ^ Alberts 1995, p. 232.
  19. ^ Alberts 1995, p. 464.

Sources

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  • Alberts, Fred G., ed. (1995), Geographic Names of the Antarctic (PDF) (2 ed.), United States Board on Geographic Names, retrieved 2023-12-03   This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Board on Geographic Names.
  • Buckley Island, USGS: United States Geological Survey, retrieved 2024-03-16
  • Mount Elizabeth, USGS: United States Geological Survey, retrieved 2024-03-16
  • "Queen Alexandra Range", Peakbagger, retrieved 25 May 2017
  • The Cloudmaker, USGS: United States Geological Survey, retrieved 2024-03-16