Duncan Mountains

The Duncan Mountains are a group of rugged coastal foothills, about long, extending from the mouth of Liv Glacier to the mouth of Strom Glacier at the head of the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica. ^[1]

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Table of Contents

1. 10 relations: Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, Dunedin, Herbert Range, Liv Glacier, New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, Richard E. Byrd, Ross Dependency, Ross Ice Shelf, Strom Glacier, United States Antarctic Program.

2. Amundsen Coast
3. Mountain ranges of the Ross Dependency

Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica.

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Dunedin

Dunedin (Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region.

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Herbert Range

The Herbert Range is a range in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica, extending from the edge of the Antarctic Plateau to the Ross Ice Shelf between the Axel Heiberg Glacier and Strom Glacier. Duncan Mountains and Herbert Range are Amundsen Coast.

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Liv Glacier

Liv Glacier is a steep valley glacier, long, emerging from the Antarctic Plateau just southeast of Barnum Peak and draining north through the Queen Maud Mountains to enter Ross Ice Shelf between Mayer Crags and Duncan Mountains.

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New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition

The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica.

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Richard E. Byrd

Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957), an American naval officer, was a pioneering American aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics.

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Ross Dependency

The Ross Dependency is a region of Antarctica defined by a sector originating at the South Pole, passing along longitudes 160° east to 150° west, and terminating at latitude 60° south.

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Ross Ice Shelf

The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf of Antarctica (an area of roughly and about across: about the size of France).

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Strom Glacier

Strom Glacier is a steep valley glacier flowing northeast from the north side of Mount Fridtjof Nansen to the head of the Ross Ice Shelf, flanked on the northwest by the Duncan Mountains and on the southeast by the Herbert Range.

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United States Antarctic Program

The United States Antarctic Program (or USAP; formerly known as the United States Antarctic Research Program or USARP and the United States Antarctic Service or USAS) is an organization of the United States government which has a presence in the Antarctica continent.

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See also

Amundsen Coast

• Amundsen Coast
• Banded Bluff
• Duncan Mountains
• Gothic Mountains
• Hays Mountains
• Herbert Range
• Karo Hills
• Medina Peaks
• Mount McIntyre
• Nødtvedt Nunataks
• Nilsen Plateau
• Quarles Range
• Rawson Mountains (Antarctica)
• Surveyors Range

Mountain ranges of the Ross Dependency

• Adams Mountains
• Barton Mountains
• Britannia Range (Antarctica)
• Carnegie Range
• Churchill Mountains
• Cook Mountains
• Darley Hills
• Duncan Mountains
• Erb Range
• Frigate Range
• Geologists Range
• Grosvenor Mountains
• Holland Range
• Holyoake Range
• Hughes Range (Antarctica)
• Lyttelton Range
• Marshall Mountains
• Moore Mountains
• Nash Range
• Prince Olav Mountains
• Queen Alexandra Range
• Queen Elizabeth Range (Antarctica)
• Queen Maud Mountains
• Rawson Mountains (Antarctica)
• Rockefeller Mountains
• Surveyors Range
• Worcester Range

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Mountains

Also known as Banded Peak (Antarctica), LaForrest Rock, Morris Peak, Mount Blood, Mount Corbató, Mount Fairweather (Antarctica), Mount Johnstone, Mount Schevill, Pegmatite Point, Spillway Icefall, Wishbone Ridge (Antarctica).

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