Britannia Range (Antarctica)
80°05′S 158°00′E / 80.083°S 158.000°E The Britannia Range is an Antarctic mountain range bounded by the Hatherton and Darwin glaciers on the north and the Byrd Glacier on the south, westward of the Ross Ice Shelf. Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–04) under Scott.
Named after HMS Britannia, a vessel utilized as a naval college in England, which had been attended by several officers of Scott's expedition.
Features
- Abus Valley
- Adams Crest
- Banna Peak
- Beale Peak
- Bellum Valley
- Benson Bluff
- Berry Bastion
- Borowski Peak
- Brier Icefalls
- Casatelli Peak
- Cohn Bluff
- Danum Platform
- Darnell Nunatak
- Dartmouth Peak
- DeGalan Peak
- Doll Peak
- Dubris Valley
- Dusky Ledge
- Dusky Ridge
- Forbes Ridge
- Hourihan Glacier
- Hughes Basin
- Icenhower Ridge
- Jacobs Peak
- Johnson Spire
- Johnstone Ridge
- Krissek Peak
- Lemanis Valley
- Lucia Peak
- Magnis Ridge
- Marty Nunataks
- Menster Ledge
- Metaris Valley
- Moore Pinnacle
- Mount Aldrich
- Mount Askin
- Mount Brunswick
- Mount Henderson
- Mount McClintock
- Mount Quackenbush
- Mount Rhone
- Mount Selby
- Nebraska Peaks
- Onnum Ridge
- Onnum Valley
- Operose Peak
- Peckham Glacier
- Pontes Ridge
- Pritchard Peak
- Ragotzkie Glacier
- Rand Peak
- Sabrina Ridge
- Sabrina Valley
- Saburro Peak
- Sennet Glacier
- Stahl Peak
- Sternberg Peak
- Sullivan Knoll
- Three Nunataks
- Tisobis Valley
- Tyke Nunatak
- Vantage Hill
- Venta Plateau
- Waldrip Ledge
- Warburton Ledge
- Ward Tower
- Westhaven Nunatak
- Yancey Glacier
Further reading
- Carosi, R., F. Giacomini, F. Talarico, and E. Stump, Geology of the Byrd Glacier Discontinuity (Ross Orogen): New survey data from the Britannia Range, Antarctica , U.S. Geological Survey and The National Academies; USGS OF-2007-1047, Short Research Paper 030; doi:10.3133/of2007-1047.srp030
- Edited by M.J. Hambrey, P.F. Barker, P.J. Barrett, V. Bowman, B. Davies, J.L. Smellie, M. Tranter Antarctic Palaeoenvironments and Earth-Surface Processes, P 310
- Gunter Faure, Teresa M. Mensing, The Transantarctic Mountains: Rocks, Ice, Meteorites and Water, PP 663, 709
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