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Britannia Range (Antarctica)

Coordinates: 80°05′S 158°00′E / 80.083°S 158.000°E / -80.083; 158.000 (Britannia Range)
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Britannia Range
Britannia Range (Antarctica) is located in Antarctica
Britannia Range (Antarctica)
Geography
ContinentAntarctica
Range coordinates80°05′S 158°00′E / 80.083°S 158.000°E / -80.083; 158.000 (Britannia Range)

The Britannia Range (80°05′S 158°00′E / 80.083°S 158.000°E / -80.083; 158.000 (Britannia Range)) is a range of mountains bounded by the Hatherton Glacier and Darwin Glacier on the north and the Byrd Glacier on the south, westward of the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.[1]

Exploration and naming

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The Britannia Range was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–04) under Robert Falcon Scott. It was named after HMS Britannia, a vessel utilized as the Britannia Royal Naval College in England, which had been attended by several officers of Scott's expedition.[1]

Location

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Northern part of range, extreme south of maps
Main part of range north of Byrd Glacier

The Britannia Range is east of the Antarctic Plateau. It is south of the Darwin Mountains and the Cook Mountains, which are north of the Hatherton Glacier and the Darwin Glacier. At the mouth of the Darwin Glacier the range adjoins the Gawn Ice Piedmont, which extends into the Ross Ice Shelf to the east. The Byrd Glacier flows northeast past the south side of the Gawn Ice Piedmont. It divides the Britannia Range from the Churchill Mountains to the south.[2][3][4][5]

Major glaciers

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Features

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References

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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 Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Board on Geographic Names.
  • Cape Selborne, USGS United States Geologic Survey, 1960, retrieved 2024-03-13
  • Carlyon Glacier, USGS United States Geologic Survey, 1960, retrieved 2024-03-12
  • "Hughes Basin", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
  • Mount Olympus, USGS United States Geologic Survey, 1960, retrieved 2024-03-12
  • "Ravens Mountains", Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
  • Turnstyle Ridge, USGS United States Geologic Survey, 1963, retrieved 2024-03-12

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Geological Survey.