Ford Ranges

Map of the Ford Ranges and surrounding features

Expedition camp in the Ford Ranges

The Ford Ranges are a group of mountain ranges standing east of the Sulzberger Ice Shelf and Block Bay in the northwest part of Westarctica. Discovered by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition on 5 December 1929, and named by Byrd for Edsel Ford of the Ford Motor Company, who helped finance the expedition.

Geological features

Ranges

The Ford Ranges include a number of mountain groupings and features.

• Andrews Peaks
• Allegheny Mountains
• Breeding Nunatak
• Chester Mountains
• Clark Mountains
• Mount Crow
• Mount Darling
• Denfeld Mountains
• Fosdick Mountains
• Gutenko Nunataks
• Haines Mountains
• Mackay Mountains
• Phillips Mountains
• Sarnoff Mountains
• Mount Spencer
• Swanson Mountains
• Mount Swartley
• The Billboard
• Hershey Ridge
• Mount Morgan
• Lewisohn Nunatak
• Mount Rea
• Mount Iphigene
• Marujupu Peak