Phillips Mountains

The Phillips Mountains are a range of mountains on the north side of Balchen Glacier and Block Bay in the Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. ^[1]

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1. 14 relations: Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, Block Bay, Cambridge, Maryland, Cretaceous, Devonian, Ford Ranges, Fosdick Mountains, Granite, Granodiorite, Marie Byrd Land, Nunatak, Richard E. Byrd, United States Antarctic Program, United States Geological Survey.

2. Ford Ranges
3. Mountains of Marie Byrd Land

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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Block Bay

Block Bay is a long ice-filled bay lying east of Guest Peninsula along the coast of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica.

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Cambridge, Maryland

Cambridge is a city in Dorchester County, Maryland, United States.

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Cretaceous

The Cretaceous is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya).

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Devonian

The Devonian is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic era during the Phanerozoic eon, spanning 60.3 million years from the end of the preceding Silurian period at million years ago (Ma), to the beginning of the succeeding Carboniferous period at Ma.

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Ford Ranges

The Ford Ranges are a collection of mountain groups and ranges standing east of Sulzberger Ice Shelf and Block Bay in the northwest part of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica.

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Fosdick Mountains

The Fosdick Mountains are an east–west trending mountain range with marked serrate outlines, standing along the south side of Balchen Glacier at the head of Block Bay, in the Ford Ranges of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. Phillips Mountains and Fosdick Mountains are ford Ranges and mountains of Marie Byrd Land.

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Granite

Granite is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase.

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Granodiorite

Granodiorite is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock similar to granite, but containing more plagioclase feldspar than orthoclase feldspar.

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Marie Byrd Land

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

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Nunatak

A nunatak (from Inuit nunataq) is the summit or ridge of a mountain that protrudes from an ice field or glacier that otherwise covers most of the mountain or ridge.

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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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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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See also

Ford Ranges

• Allegheny Mountains (Antarctica)
• Clark Mountains
• Denfeld Mountains
• Ford Ranges
• Fosdick Mountains
• Haines Mountains
• Mackay Mountains
• Mount Iphigene
• Phillips Mountains
• Sarnoff Mountains
• The Billboard

Mountains of Marie Byrd Land

• Asher Peak
• Coulter Heights
• Fosdick Mountains
• Heathcock Peak
• Magsig Rampart
• McDonald Heights
• Metavolcanic Mountain
• Mount Carmer
• Mount Chapman (Antarctica)
• Mount Giles (Antarctica)
• Mount Gilmour
• Mount Howe
• Mount Iphigene
• Mount Luyendyk
• Mount Morgan (Antarctica)
• Mount Obiglio
• Mount Paterson (Antarctica)
• Mount Rees (Marie Byrd Land)
• Pastor Peak
• Phillips Mountains
• Prahl Crags
• Putzke Peak
• Tapley Mountains

References

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

Also known as Abele Nunatak, Adams Rocks, Favela Rocks, Groux Rock, Herrmann Nunatak, Hutcheson Nunataks, Lewis Rocks, Mount Carbone, Mount June, Mount Paige, Mount Peddie, Reddick Nunatak, Webster Bluff.

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