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====Marujupu Peak==== | ====Marujupu Peak==== | ||
Marujupu Peak (76°31′S 145°37′W) is a conspicuous [[nunatak]] standing above the main flow of [[Ochs Glacier]], between Mount Iphigene and Mount Ferranto. Discovered and so named by [[Richard E. Byrd]] on the | Marujupu Peak (76°31′S 145°37′W) is a conspicuous [[nunatak]] standing above the main flow of [[Ochs Glacier]], between Mount Iphigene and Mount Ferranto. Discovered and so named by [[Richard E. Byrd]] on the Byrd Antarctic Expedition flight of 5 December 1929. Marujupu combines the letters from the names of three daughters and a son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Sulzberger. The daughters are Marian, Ruth and Judy; Punch is the nickname of son Arthur. The Sulzbergers were patrons of the expedition. | ||
====Mount Rea==== | ====Mount Rea==== | ||
Revision as of 19:35, 1 May 2018
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.
- Allegheny Mountains
- Breeding Nunatak
- Cady Nunatak
- Chester Mountains
- Clark Mountains
- Mount Darling
- Denfeld Mountains
- Fosdick Mountains
- Gutenko Nunataks
- Haines Mountains
- Mackay Mountains
- Phillips Mountains
- Sarnoff Mountains
- Mount Spencer
- Swanson Mountains
- Mount Swartley
- The Billboard
- Mount Tolley
Mountains
Mount Iphigene
Mount Iphigene (76°31′S 145°50′W) is a mountain just west of Ochs Glacier between Marujupu Peak and Birchall Peaks. Discovered in 1929 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, and named by Byrd for Iphigene Ochs Sulzberger, daughter of Adolph Ochs and wife of Arthur Sulzberger, patrons of the expedition.
Marujupu Peak
Marujupu Peak (76°31′S 145°37′W) is a conspicuous nunatak standing above the main flow of Ochs Glacier, between Mount Iphigene and Mount Ferranto. Discovered and so named by Richard E. Byrd on the Byrd Antarctic Expedition flight of 5 December 1929. Marujupu combines the letters from the names of three daughters and a son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Sulzberger. The daughters are Marian, Ruth and Judy; Punch is the nickname of son Arthur. The Sulzbergers were patrons of the expedition.
Mount Rea
Mount Rea (77°4′S 145°30′W) is a prominent rock mountain with an imposing monolith on its west side called The Billboard, standing between Arthur Glacier and Boyd Glacier. It was discovered by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition on the Eastern Flight of 5 December 1929, and named by Byrd for Mr. and Mrs. Rea, of Pittsburgh, PA, contributors to the expedition.