Usarp Mountains - List of Mountains

List of Mountains

• Emlen Peaks 71°54′S 160°35′E / 71.9°S 160.583°E / -71.9; 160.583
  A group of scattered peaks and nunataks, 16 mi long and 7 mi wide, lying 6 mi south of Daniels Range in the south end of the Usarp Mountains. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by US-ACAN after John T. Emlen, biologist, University of Wisconsin, program leader who made penguin navigational studies on the Ross Ice Shelf, the interior of Victoria Land, and elsewhere in Antarctica, 1962-63.

• Helliwell Hills 71°50′S 161°25′E / 71.833°S 161.417°E / -71.833; 161.417
  A group of rocky hills and low mountains about 18 mi long and 9 mi wide. The hills lie south of Gressitt Glacier and midway between Emlen Peaks and the Morozumi Range. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by US-ACAN for Robert A. Helliwell of Stanford University, Program Director for the USARP study of very low frequency (VLF) radio noise phenomena.

• Mount Shields – 1,170 metres (3,839 ft) 70°11′S 159°56′E / 70.183°S 159.933°E / -70.183; 159.933
  A mountain at the junction of the Pryor and Robilliard Glaciers, at the north end of the Usarp Mountains. Named by US-ACAN for Staff Sergeant James K. Shields, United States Marine Corps (USMC), assigned to U.S. Navy Squadron VX-6 in Antarctica, 1962–63 and 1963-64. During 1962, Shields served as navigator on aircraft in support of the USGS Topo West survey of this area.

• Ship Nunatak 71°04′S 159°50′E / 71.067°S 159.833°E / -71.067; 159.833
  A very striking nunatak which rises above the ice near the center of the upper portion of Harlin Glacier. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-63. A descriptive name applied by US-ACAN because of the appearance of the feature, resembling that of a ship at sea.

• Mount Simmonds – 1,885 metres (6,184 ft) 70°20′S 159°33′E / 70.333°S 159.55°E / -70.333; 159.55
  A mountain standing higher and next westward of Mount Theaker along the north side of Robilliard Glacier. Surveyed in 1962-63 by USGS and in 1963-64 by New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE). Named by New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) for G.A.E. Simmonds, New Zealand cartographer engaged in preparing final drawings of Antarctic maps, 1961-67.

• Mount Theaker – 1,685 metres (5,528 ft) 70°18′S 159°38′E / 70.3°S 159.633°E / -70.3; 159.633
  A mountain along the north wall of Robilliard Glacier, 3 mi NE of Mount Simmonds. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1960-62. Named by US-ACAN for Paul R. Theaker, USARP biologist at McMurdo Station, 1967-68.