Quartermain Mountains - List of Mountains

List of Mountains

  • Mount Benninghoff (77°55′S 161°19′E / 77.917°S 161.317°E / -77.917; 161.317) is a mainly ice-free mountain (1,965 m) standing 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) southeast of Terra Cotta Mountain. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1993 after William S. Benninghoff (1918-93), Professor of Botany, University of Michigan, 1957-88, retiring as Professor Emeritus of Botany; seasonal visits to Antarctica in 1968, 1976, 1977 and 1989; member, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Working Group on Biology, 1968-87; member, Polar Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences, 1966-86.
  • Mount Feather (77°57′S 160°21′E / 77.95°S 160.35°E / -77.95; 160.35) is a massive mountain, 3,010 m, with a broad flattish summit, standing at the southern extremity of the Quartermain Mountains. Named after Thomas A. Feather, Royal Navy (RN), Boatswain on the Discovery during the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901-04), who accompanied Scott in his Western Journey to this area in 1903.
  • Finger Mountain (77°45′S 160°40′E / 77.75°S 160.667°E / -77.75; 160.667) is an elongated mountain rising to 1,920 m on the northern side of Turnabout Valley. So named by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901-04) because a long tongue of dolerite between the sandstone strata has the appearance of a finger.
  • Pyramid Mountain (77°47′S 160°40′E / 77.783°S 160.667°E / -77.783; 160.667) is a mountain resembling a pyramid, rising to 2,120 metres (6,955 ft) between Turnabout Valley and the mouth of Beacon Valley. The name seems first to appear on maps of the British Antarctic Expedition (R.F. Scott), 1910-13, but the mountain was almost certainly seen for the first time during Scott's first expedition, 1901-04.
  • Tabular Mountain (77°52′S 160°14′E / 77.867°S 160.233°E / -77.867; 160.233) is a broad, flat-topped mountain, 2,740 m, about 6 mi NNW of Mount Feather. Descriptively named by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-04.
  • Terra Cotta Mountain (77°54′S 161°15′E / 77.9°S 161.25°E / -77.9; 161.25) is a mountain between Windy Gully and Knobhead, on the southern side of Taylor Glacier. The descriptive name was applied by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-04.

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