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The '''[[Thiel Mountains]]''' are an isolated, mainly [[snow]]-capped mountain range of the [[Transantarctic Mountains]], located in the [[Ellsworth Land]] region of [[Westarctica]].
The '''[[San Joaquin kit fox]]''' is the smallest member of the dog family in North America and one of several endangered species that lives within the borders of the [[Colony of Calsahara]]. In 1990, its population was estimated to be 7,000. This subspecies is still endangered, after nearly 50 years of being on the Endangered Species List. Today, much of the kit fox's remaining habitat is extremely fragmented, movement corridors are degraded or blocked, and only a few large areas of native grasslands remain on the San Joaquin Valley's perimeter in the [[Carrizo Plain]].


The mountain range is 72 km (45 mi) long, and is located roughly between the [[Horlick Mountains]] and the Pensacola Mountains, and extends from [[Moulton Escarpment]] on the west to Nolan Pillar on the east. Major components include [[Ford Massif]] (2,810 m), Bermel Escarpment and a group of eastern peaks near Nolan Pillar.


The mountains were observed and first positioned by the USARP Horlick Mountains Traverse Party, 1958-59. The mountains were surveyed by the USGS Thiel Mountains parties of 1960-61 and 1961-62. An aircraft fuel cache (85°12′S 087°53′W) is located near the Thiel Mountains for planes traveling between the Union Glacier Camp and the [[Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station]].


<p><small>Photographer: Richard Laronde</small></p>
<p><small>Photographer: [[Grand Duke Travis]]</small></p>
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The San Joaquin kit fox is the smallest member of the dog family in North America and one of several endangered species that lives within the borders of the Colony of Calsahara. In 1990, its population was estimated to be 7,000. This subspecies is still endangered, after nearly 50 years of being on the Endangered Species List. Today, much of the kit fox's remaining habitat is extremely fragmented, movement corridors are degraded or blocked, and only a few large areas of native grasslands remain on the San Joaquin Valley's perimeter in the Carrizo Plain.


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