Prince Olav Mountains

The Prince Olav Mountains is a mountain group in the Queen Maud Mountains in Antarctica stretching from Shackleton Glacier to Liv Glacier at the head of the Ross Ice Shelf. ^[1]

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1. 22 relations: Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, Carroll William Dodge, Cumulus Hills, Franklin Alton Wade, Gabbro Hills, George Albert Llano, Gough Glacier, James Smithson, Lillie Range, Liv Glacier, Lubbock, Texas, Mount Finley, New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, Olav V, Queen Maud Mountains, Roald Amundsen, Ross Ice Shelf, Shackleton Glacier, South Pole, Texas Longhorn, United States Antarctic Program, United States Navy Reserve.

2. Dufek Coast
3. Mountain ranges of the Ross Dependency
4. Queen Maud 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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Carroll William Dodge

Carroll William Dodge (January 20, 1895 – July 21, 1988) was an American mycologist and lichenologist.

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Cumulus Hills

The Cumulus Hills are several groups of largely barren hills in Antarctica. Prince Olav Mountains and Cumulus Hills are Dufek Coast.

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Franklin Alton Wade

Franklin Alton Wade (1903–1978) was an American geologist.

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Gabbro Hills

The Gabbro Hills are a group of rugged ridges and coastal hills which border the Antarctic Ross Ice Shelf between Barrett Glacier and Gough Glacier and extend south to Ropebrake Pass. Prince Olav Mountains and Gabbro Hills are Dufek Coast.

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George Albert Llano

George Albert Llano (22 November 1911 – 9 February 2003), born Jorge Alberto Cecilio Perez y Llano, was a Cuban-born American polar explorer and botanist who specialized in the field of lichenology.

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Gough Glacier

Gough Glacier is an Antarctic glacier about long, flowing from the northern slopes of the Prince Olav Mountains and the base of the Lillie Range and trending northward to the Ross Ice Shelf, between the Gabbro Hills and the Bravo Hills.

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James Smithson

James Smithson (c. 1765 – 27 June 1829) was a British chemist and mineralogist.

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Lillie Range

The Lillie Range in Antarctica extends northward from the Prince Olav Mountains (in the vicinity of Mount Fisher) to the Ross Ice Shelf. Prince Olav Mountains and Lillie Range are Dufek 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. Prince Olav Mountains and Liv Glacier are Queen Maud Mountains.

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Lubbock, Texas

Lubbock is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat of Lubbock County.

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Mount Finley

Mount Finley is a prominent mountain, high, on the ridge which extends south from Mount Wade, located south-southwest of Mount Oliver in the Queen Maud Mountains. Prince Olav Mountains and mount Finley are Dufek Coast and Queen Maud 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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Olav V

Olav V (born Prince Alexander of Denmark; 2 July 1903 – 17 January 1991) was King of Norway from 1957 until his death in 1991.

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Queen Maud Mountains

The Queen Maud Mountains are a major group of mountains, ranges and subordinate features of the Transantarctic Mountains, lying between the Beardmore and Reedy Glaciers and including the area from the head of the Ross Ice Shelf to the Antarctic Plateau in Antarctica. Prince Olav Mountains and Queen Maud Mountains are mountain ranges of the Ross Dependency.

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Roald Amundsen

Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (16 July 1872 –) was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions.

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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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Shackleton Glacier

Shackleton Glacier is a major Antarctic glacier, over long and from wide, descending from the Antarctic Plateau from the vicinity of Roberts Massif and flowing north through the Queen Maud Mountains to enter the Ross Ice Shelf between Mount Speed and Waldron Spurs. Prince Olav Mountains and Shackleton Glacier are Queen Maud Mountains.

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South Pole

The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is the southernmost point on Earth and lies antipodally on the opposite side of Earth from the North Pole, at a distance of 20,004 km (12,430 miles) in all directions.

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Texas Longhorn

The Texas Longhorn is an American breed of beef cattle, characterized by its long horns, which can span more than from tip to tip.

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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 Navy Reserve

The United States Navy Reserve (USNR), known as the United States Naval Reserve from 1915 to 2005, is the Reserve Component (RC) of the United States Navy.

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See also

Dufek Coast

• Barnum Peak
• Barton Mountains
• Bennett Platform
• Bush Mountains
• Commonwealth Range
• Cumulus Hills
• Dominion Range
• Dufek Coast
• Epidote Peak
• Fremouw Formation
• Gabbro Hills
• Giovinco Ice Piedmont
• Graphite Peak
• Grosvenor Mountains
• Guardian Nunatak
• Hughes Range (Antarctica)
• Last Cache Nunatak
• Lillie Range
• Meyer Desert
• Mount Finley
• Mount Young (Antarctica)
• O'Leary Peak (Antarctica)
• Prince Olav Mountains
• Roberts Massif
• Separation Range
• Supporters Range
• The Cloudmaker
• Thrinaxodon Col

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

Queen Maud Mountains

• Amundsen Glacier
• Axel Heiberg Glacier
• Bush Mountains
• Commonwealth Range
• Dominion Range
• Gothic Mountains
• Haas Glacier
• Hays Mountains
• Herbert Range
• Hughes Range (Antarctica)
• Keltie Glacier
• La Gorce Mountains
• Liv Glacier
• Mount Finley
• Prince Olav Mountains
• Quarles Range
• Queen Maud Mountains
• Reedy Glacier
• Scott Glacier (Transantarctic Mountains)
• Shackleton Glacier
• Supporters Range
• Tapley Mountains

References

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

Also known as Cape Surprise, Cathedral Peaks, Centennial Peak (Antarctica), Garcia Point, Garden Spur, Hardiman Peak, Jones Peak, Longhorn Spurs, Lubbock Ridge, Mercik Peak, Mount Campbell (Antarctica), Mount Dodge, Mount Ehrenspeck, Mount Fisher (Antarctica), Mount Kenney, Mount Llano, Mount McCue, Mount Munson, Mount Oliver (Antarctica), Mount Orndorff, Mount Ray, Mount Roe, Mount Sellery, Mount Smithson, Mount Wade, Mount Wells (Antarctica), Mount Wendland, Nilsen Peak, Olds Peak, Prince Olaf Mountains, Seabee Heights, Waldron Spurs, Watt Ridge.

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