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Elevations bordering the [[Beardmore Glacier]], at the western extremity of these mountains, were observed by the British expeditions led by [[Ernest Shackleton]] (1907–09) and [[Robert Falcon Scott]] (1910-13), but the mountains as a whole were mapped by several American expeditions led by [[Richard E. Byrd]] (1930s and 1940s), and United States Antarctic Program (USARP) and New Zealand Antarctic Research Program (NZARP) expeditions from the 1950s through the 1970s. | Elevations bordering the [[Beardmore Glacier]], at the western extremity of these mountains, were observed by the British expeditions led by [[Ernest Shackleton]] (1907–09) and [[Robert Falcon Scott]] (1910-13), but the mountains as a whole were mapped by several American expeditions led by [[Richard E. Byrd]] (1930s and 1940s), and United States Antarctic Program (USARP) and New Zealand Antarctic Research Program (NZARP) expeditions from the 1950s through the 1970s. | ||
==Features== | |||
* [[Gothic Mountains]] | |||
* [[Beardmore Glacier]] | |||
* [[La Gorce Mountains]] | |||
[[Category:Mountains]] | [[Category:Mountains]] | ||
[[Category:Geography of Westarctica]] | [[Category:Geography of Westarctica]] | ||