Wisconsin Range

The Wisconsin Range is a major mountain range of the Horlick Mountains in Antarctica, comprising the Wisconsin Plateau and numerous glaciers, ridges and peaks bounded by the Reedy Glacier, Shimizu Ice Stream, Horlick Ice Stream and the interior ice plateau. ^[1]

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1. 20 relations: Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, Byrd Station, Caloplaca Hills, Horlick Mountains, John H. Mercer, John McNaughton (government official), Leland John Haworth, Madison, Wisconsin, Marie Byrd Land, Ohio State University, Operation Deep Freeze, Quartz Hills, Reedy Glacier, Shimizu Ice Stream, Till, United States Antarctic Program, United States Geological Survey, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Watson Escarpment.

2. Mountain ranges of Marie Byrd Land
3. Transantarctic Mountains

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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Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center

The Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center (BPCRC) is a polar, alpine, and climate research center at Ohio State University founded in 1960.

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Byrd Station

The Byrd Station is a former research station established by the United States during the International Geophysical Year by U.S. Navy Seabees during Operation Deep Freeze II in West Antarctica.

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Caloplaca Hills

The Caloplaca Hills are a distinctive group of rock hills including Mount Carmer and Heathcock Peak, lying east of the Watson Escarpment on the west side of Reedy Glacier.

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Horlick Mountains

The Horlick Mountains are a mountain group in the Transantarctic Mountains of Antarctica, lying eastward of Reedy Glacier and including the Wisconsin Range, Long Hills and Ohio Range. Wisconsin Range and Horlick Mountains are mountain ranges of Marie Byrd Land and Transantarctic Mountains.

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John H. Mercer

John H. Mercer (19 October 1922 – 3 July 1987) was a British glaciologist, chiefly known for his theoretical work on, and field studies of Antarctic ice streams, especially in the Transantarctic Mountains and in West Antarctica.

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John McNaughton (government official)

John Theodore McNaughton (November 21, 1921 – July 19, 1967) was an American government official who was United States Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs and Robert S. McNamara's closest advisor.

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Leland John Haworth

Leland John Haworth (July 11, 1904 – March 5, 1979) was an American particle physicist.

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Madison, Wisconsin

Madison is the capital city of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the seat of Dane County.

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Marie Byrd Land

Marie Byrd Land (MBL) is an unclaimed region of Antarctica.

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Ohio State University

The Ohio State University (Ohio State or OSU) is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio, United States.

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Operation Deep Freeze

Operation Deep Freeze (OpDFrz or ODF) is codename for a series of United States missions to Antarctica, beginning with "Operation Deep Freeze I" in 1955–56, followed by "Operation Deep Freeze II", "Operation Deep Freeze III", and so on.

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Quartz Hills

The Quartz Hills is an arcuate cluster of largely ice-free hills and peaks found immediately south of Colorado Glacier along the west side of Reedy Glacier.

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Reedy Glacier

The Reedy Glacier is a major glacier in Antarctica, over long and wide, descending from the polar plateau to the Ross Ice Shelf between the Michigan Plateau and Wisconsin Range in the Transantarctic Mountains. Wisconsin Range and Reedy Glacier are Transantarctic Mountains.

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Shimizu Ice Stream

Shimizu Ice Stream is an ice stream in the Horlick Mountains, draining west-northwest from the area between Wisconsin Range and Long Hills to enter the south flank of Horlick Ice Stream.

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Till

Closeup of glacial till. Note that the larger grains (pebbles and gravel) in the till are completely surrounded by the matrix of finer material (silt and sand), and this characteristic, known as ''matrix support'', is diagnostic of till. Glacial till with tufts of grass Till or glacial till is unsorted glacial sediment.

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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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United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the United States government whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology.

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University of Wisconsin–Madison

The University of Wisconsin–Madison (University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, UW, UW–Madison, or simply Madison) is a public land-grant research university in Madison, Wisconsin, United States.

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Watson Escarpment

Watson Escarpment is a major escarpment in the Queen Maud Mountains, trending northward along the east margin of Scott Glacier, then eastward to Reedy Glacier where it turns southward along the glacier's west side.

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See also

Mountain ranges of Marie Byrd Land

• Ames Range
• Bender Mountains
• Crary Mountains
• Demas Range
• Executive Committee Range
• Flood Range
• Ford Ranges
• Harold Byrd Mountains
• Horlick Mountains
• Ickes Mountains
• Kohler Range
• McCuddin Mountains
• Ohio Range
• Perry Range
• Queen Maud Mountains
• Rockefeller Mountains
• Whitmore Mountains
• Wisconsin Range

Transantarctic Mountains

• Allan Hills
• Allan Hills A81005
• Carlstrom Foothills
• Carnegie Range
• Churchill Mountains
• Cobham Range
• Darley Hills
• Forrestal Range
• Holyoake Range
• Horlick Mountains
• Kukri Peneplain
• Long Hills
• McMurdo Dry Valleys
• Meyer Desert Formation biota
• Nash Range
• Neptune Range
• Ohio Range
• Patuxent Range
• Pensacola Mountains
• Prince Albert Mountains
• Queen Alexandra Range
• Queen Elizabeth Range (Antarctica)
• Queen Maud Mountains
• Reedy Glacier
• South Pole Traverse
• Surveyors Range
• Taylor Valley
• Tectonic evolution of the Transantarctic Mountains
• Thiel Mountains
• Transantarctic Mountains
• West Antarctic Rift System
• Whitmore Mountains
• Wisconsin Range
• Wright Valley

References

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

Also known as Angus Nunatak, Baker Nunatak, Brinton Nunatak, Faure Peak, Feeley Peak, Ford Nunataks, Garczynski Nunatak, Gibbon Nunatak, Gierloff Nunataks, Goodwin Peak, Griffith Peak (Antarctica), Haworth Mesa, Koopman Peak, Lentz Buttress, Martens Peak, McCrilliss Nunatak, Mickler Spur, Mims Spur, Moran Buttress, Mount Bolton (Antarctica), Mount Bolton, Antarctica, Mount Brecher, Mount Frontz, Mount Huckaby, Mount LeSchack, Mount McNaughton, Mount Minshew, Mount Soyat, Mount Sweatt, Mount Vito, Murtaugh Peak, Perkins Canyon, Polygon Spur, Red Spur, Ruseski Buttress, Saunders Rock, Sheets Peak, Sisco Mesa, Spencer Nunatak, Spiers Nunatak, Tillite Spur, Walters Peak, Widich Nunatak, Wisconsin Plateau.

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