9,696
edits
Difference between revisions of "Ohio Range"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
→Features: added link to Discovery Ridge
Westarctica (talk | contribs) (→Other features: added link to Knox Peak) |
Westarctica (talk | contribs) (→Features: added link to Discovery Ridge) |
||
| (One intermediate revision by the same user not shown) | |||
| Line 8: | Line 8: | ||
==Features== | ==Features== | ||
The central part of the range is occupied by the Buckeye Table, a plateau, 12 mi long and 2 to 5 mi wide. The feature is a high level snow surface with precipitous northern cliffs; the plateau surface merges gradually with the inland [[ice]] to the south. | The central part of the range is occupied by the [[Buckeye Table]], a plateau, 12 mi long and 2 to 5 mi wide. The feature is a high level snow surface with precipitous northern cliffs; the plateau surface merges gradually with the inland [[ice]] to the south. | ||
"Buckeye," a nickname of the state of Ohio and Ohio State University, was proposed by William H. Chapman, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) surveyor in these mountains in the 1958-59 season. Ohio State University and its Institute of Polar Studies initiated a program of geological investigation in the Ohio Range and the Horlick Mountains beginning in the 1960-61 season. | "Buckeye," a nickname of the state of Ohio and Ohio State University, was proposed by William H. Chapman, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) surveyor in these mountains in the 1958-59 season. Ohio State University and its Institute of Polar Studies initiated a program of geological investigation in the Ohio Range and the Horlick Mountains beginning in the 1960-61 season. | ||
| Line 20: | Line 20: | ||
* [[Darling Ridge]] | * [[Darling Ridge]] | ||
* [[Knox Peak]] | * [[Knox Peak]] | ||
* [[Discovery Ridge]] | |||
[[Category: Geography of Westarctica]] | [[Category: Geography of Westarctica]] | ||
[[Category:Mountains]] | [[Category:Mountains]] | ||