Hughes Range (Antarctica)

The Hughes Range is a high massive north–south trending mountain range in Antarctica, surmounted by six prominent summits, of which Mount Kaplan at is the highest. ^[1]

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1. 19 relations: Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, Alan Tower Waterman, Albert P. Crary, Barton Mountains, Bush Mountains, Canyon Glacier, Charles Evans Hughes, Commonwealth Range, Detlev Bronk, Giovinco Ice Piedmont, Harry Wexler, Joseph Kaplan, Keltie Glacier, New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, Queen Maud Mountains, Ramsey Glacier, Richard E. Byrd, Separation Range, United States Antarctic Program.

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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Alan Tower Waterman

Alan Tower Waterman (June 4, 1892 – November 30, 1967) was an American physicist.

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Albert P. Crary

Albert Paddock Crary (July 25, 1911 – October 29, 1987), was an American pioneer polar geophysicist and glaciologist.

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Barton Mountains

The Barton Mountains are a group of mountains located south of the Commonwealth Range and the Hughes Range and bounded by Keltie Glacier, Brandau Glacier, Leigh Hunt Glacier, and Snakeskin Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Hughes Range (Antarctica) and Barton Mountains are Dufek Coast and mountain ranges of the Ross Dependency.

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Bush Mountains

The Bush Mountains is a series of rugged elevations at the heads of the Ramsey and Kosco glaciers in Antarctica. Hughes Range (Antarctica) and Bush Mountains are Dufek Coast and Queen Maud Mountains.

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Canyon Glacier

Canyon Glacier is a narrow glacier, long, flowing to the Ross Ice Shelf.

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Charles Evans Hughes

Charles Evans Hughes Sr. (April 11, 1862 – August 27, 1948) was an American statesman, politician, academic, and jurist who served as the 11th chief justice of the United States from 1930 to 1941.

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Commonwealth Range

The Commonwealth Range is a north-south trending range of rugged mountains, long, located within the Queen Maud Mountains on the Dufek Coast of the continent of Antarctica. Hughes Range (Antarctica) and Commonwealth Range are Dufek Coast and Queen Maud Mountains.

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Detlev Bronk

Detlev Wulf Bronk (August 13, 1897 – November 17, 1975) was a prominent American scientist, educator, and administrator.

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Giovinco Ice Piedmont

Giovinco Ice Piedmont is an ice piedmont, wide, between Canyon Glacier and Perez Glacier, gradually descending north to the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Hughes Range (Antarctica) and Giovinco Ice Piedmont are Dufek Coast.

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Harry Wexler

Harry Wexler (March 15, 1911 – August 11, 1962) was an American meteorologist, born in Fall River, Massachusetts.

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Joseph Kaplan

Joseph Kaplan (September 8, 1902 – October 3, 1991) was a Hungarian-born American physicist.

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Keltie Glacier

The Keltie Glacier is a large Antarctic glacier, long, draining from Pain Névé southwest around the southern extremity of the Commonwealth Range, and then northwest to enter Beardmore Glacier at Ranfurly Point. Hughes Range (Antarctica) and Keltie Glacier are 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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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. Hughes Range (Antarctica) and Queen Maud Mountains are mountain ranges of the Ross Dependency.

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Ramsey Glacier

Ramsey Glacier is a glacier about long in 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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Separation Range

Separation Range is the northeastern branch of the Commonwealth Range in the Queen Maud Mountains, Antarctica. Hughes Range (Antarctica) and Separation Range are Dufek Coast.

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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

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/Hughes_Range_(Antarctica)

Also known as Campbell Cliffs, Den Hartog Peak, Ford Spur, Good Glacier, Haynes Table, Husky Dome, Husky Heights, Lane Plateau, Mount Brennan, Mount Bronk, Mount Cartwright, Mount Kaplan, Mount Odishaw, Mount Reinhardt, Mount Valinski, Mount Waterman (Antarctica), Mount Wexler, Perez Glacier, Woodall Peak.

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