Forrestal Range - List of Mountains

List of Mountains

  • Abele Spur (83°13′S 51°5′W / 83.217°S 51.083°W / -83.217; -51.083) is a rock spur that descends west from Mount Lechner toward the Herring Nunataks. It was named by US-ACAN)at the suggestion of Arthur B. Ford for Gunars Abele, civil engineer on the 1973-74 United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP)-CRREL survey in this area.
  • Blount Nunatak (83°16′S 51°19′W / 83.267°S 51.317°W / -83.267; -51.317) is a prominent nunatak, 1,630 m, standing 3 nautical miles (6 km) southwest of Mount Lechner on the west side of Forrestal Range. Discovered and photographed on January 13, 1956 during a U.S. Navy transcontinental nonstop plane flight from McMurdo Sound to Weddell Sea and return. Named by US-ACAN for Hartford E. Blount, aviation machinists mate with U.S. Navy Squadron VX during Operation Deep Freeze, 1956.
  • Cooke Crags (83°10′S 50°43′W / 83.167°S 50.717°W / -83.167; -50.717) are rock crags on the ice slope between Henderson Bluff and Mount Lechner on the west side of Lexington Table. The area was mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN in 1979 after James E. Cooke, USGS geophysicist who worked in Forrestal Range and Dufek Massif, 1978-79.
  • Mount Lechner 83°14′S 50°55′W / 83.233°S 50.917°W / -83.233; -50.917 is a prominent mountain, 2,030 m, surmounting the southwest end of Saratoga Table. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN for Major Ralph C. Lechner, USA, airlift coordinator on the staff of the Commander, U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica, 1964-66.
  • Watts Summit (83°12′S 50°31′W / 83.2°S 50.517°W / -83.2; -50.517) is a peak rising to 1,785 m in the southwestern corner of Lexington Table. Mapped by USGS in 1967 from ground surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs taken 1964. Named in 1979 by US-ACAN after Raymond D. Watts, USGS geophysicist who worked in the Forrestal Range and Dufek Massif, 1978-79.
  • Mount Zirzow (83°8′S 49°6′W / 83.133°S 49.1°W / -83.133; -49.1) is a mountain, 1,615 m, standing 4 miles (6 km) north of Mount Mann on the east edge of Lexington Table. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by US-ACAN for Commander Charles F. Zirzow, U.S. Navy, Assistant Chief of Staff to the Commander, U.S. Naval Support Force, Antarctica, 1966-67.

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