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	The '''Ickes Mountains''' (75°29′S 139°45′W) are a series of coastal mountains that extend west from the Strauss Glacier for 15 miles (24 km) along the [[Ruppert Coast]] of [[Westarctica]].		The '''Ickes Mountains''' (75°29′S 139°45′W) are a series of coastal mountains that extend west from the [[Strauss Glacier]] for 15 miles (24 km) along the [[Ruppert Coast]] of [[Westarctica]].

	==Geology==		==Geology==

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	* Mount Vance		* Mount Vance
	* Billey Bluff		* Billey Bluff

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[[File:Ickes Mountains - Antarctica.png|thumb|350px|Map of the Ickes Mountains]]
The '''Ickes Mountains''' (75°29′S 139°45′W) are a series of coastal mountains that extend west from the Strauss Glacier for 15 miles (24 km) along the [[Ruppert Coast]] of [[Westarctica]].

==Geology==
A 1978 geological survey discovered 96 million year old alkali granite on Mount Ickes, which is consistent with age of the surrounding granite of the coast of [[Marie Byrd Land]].

==Discovery and name==
The mountains were discovered by aircraft during a flyover by the U.S. [[Antarctic]] Service on 18 December 1940. The Ickes Mountains were named in honor of U.S. Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes. However, according to a story in the ''Zanesville Times Recorder'' in July 1947, Ickes actually refused to allow his name to be formally attached to the mountains.

Ickes viewed the naming of a mountain in his honor as a conflict of interest with the office he was holding. He stated at the time: "Since the ultimate responsibility for the board on geographical names lay with the secretary of the interior, I cannot permit my name to be used." Nonetheless, the name became established in common usage and in 1966 it was finally approved by the Advisory Committee on [[Antarctic]] Names, 14 years after his death.

==Pronunciation==
When asked how to say his name, Harold Ickes told ''The Literary Digest'': "I think you come as close as anybody when you suggest that it rhymes with sickness with the ''n'' omitted."

==Features==
* [[Mount LeMasurier]]
* Mount Langway
* Mount Vance
* Billey Bluff

[[Category:Geography of Westarctica]]
[[Category: Mountains]]