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Worcester Range
The Worcester Range (78°50′S 161°00′E / 78.833°S 161.000°E) is a high coastal range, about 30 nautical miles (56 km; 35 mi) long, in Antarctica. It stands between Skelton Glacier and Mulock Glacier on the western side of the Ross Ice Shelf. It is southwest of the Royal Society Range and north of the Conway Range of the Cook Mountains.
The Worcester Range was probably named after the training ship in the Thames, in which many officers of early British Antarctic expeditions trained. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (BrNAE), 1901–04. The name seems to have been first applied on the charts of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–09.
The range is part of the Prince Albert-McMurdo Range, which also includes the Prince Albert Mountains, in the Victoria Land region of New Zealand's Ross Dependency claim. These ranges are part of the larger Transantarctic Mountains, which span the continent.
The Worcester Range is bounded to the east by the Skelton Glacier, which flows south to the Ross Ice Shelf from the Skelton Névé to the northwest. There are scattered peaks and nunataks in the ice-covered land to the west. The Mulock Glacier flows in a southeast direction to the ice cap, defining the southern boundary of the range. Cape Timberlake is the southeast tip of the range, between Evteev Glacier and Skelton Glacier. Cape Teall is the southwest tip of the range, where Evteev Glacier meets Mulock Glacier.
Glaciers flowing from the range into Skelton Glacier include, from north to south, Delta Glacier ending south of Delta Bluff, Dilemma Glacier, Ant Hill Glacier, ending south of Ant Hill and north of Bareface Bluff, Mason Glacier ending south of Bareface Bluff, and Evteev Glacier, flowing from south of The Podium past Cape Timberlake. The Kehle Glacier forms to the southwest of Mount Speyer and flows southwest to enter Mulock Glacier.
Features of the Worcester Range include, from north to south, Mount Harmsworth, Delta Bluff, Northcliffe Peak, Ant Hill, Bareface Bluff, Mount Speyer, Mount Dawson-Lambton and The Podium.
78°41′S 160°56′E / 78.683°S 160.933°E. A prominent ice-covered peak, 2,765 metres (9,072 ft) high, at the northwest side of the head of Delta Glacier in the Worcester Range. Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (BrNAE) (1901-04) and named for Sir Alfred Harmsworth, later Viscount Northcliffe, a generous contributor to the expedition.
78°41′S 161°22′E / 78.683°S 161.367°E. A steep triangular rock bluff immediately north of the mouth of Delta Glacier, on the west side of Skelton Glacier. Surveyed and climbed in 1957 by the New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) (1956–58) and so named because of the shape of the bluff.
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Worcester Range
The Worcester Range (78°50′S 161°00′E / 78.833°S 161.000°E) is a high coastal range, about 30 nautical miles (56 km; 35 mi) long, in Antarctica. It stands between Skelton Glacier and Mulock Glacier on the western side of the Ross Ice Shelf. It is southwest of the Royal Society Range and north of the Conway Range of the Cook Mountains.
The Worcester Range was probably named after the training ship in the Thames, in which many officers of early British Antarctic expeditions trained. It was discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (BrNAE), 1901–04. The name seems to have been first applied on the charts of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–09.
The range is part of the Prince Albert-McMurdo Range, which also includes the Prince Albert Mountains, in the Victoria Land region of New Zealand's Ross Dependency claim. These ranges are part of the larger Transantarctic Mountains, which span the continent.
The Worcester Range is bounded to the east by the Skelton Glacier, which flows south to the Ross Ice Shelf from the Skelton Névé to the northwest. There are scattered peaks and nunataks in the ice-covered land to the west. The Mulock Glacier flows in a southeast direction to the ice cap, defining the southern boundary of the range. Cape Timberlake is the southeast tip of the range, between Evteev Glacier and Skelton Glacier. Cape Teall is the southwest tip of the range, where Evteev Glacier meets Mulock Glacier.
Glaciers flowing from the range into Skelton Glacier include, from north to south, Delta Glacier ending south of Delta Bluff, Dilemma Glacier, Ant Hill Glacier, ending south of Ant Hill and north of Bareface Bluff, Mason Glacier ending south of Bareface Bluff, and Evteev Glacier, flowing from south of The Podium past Cape Timberlake. The Kehle Glacier forms to the southwest of Mount Speyer and flows southwest to enter Mulock Glacier.
Features of the Worcester Range include, from north to south, Mount Harmsworth, Delta Bluff, Northcliffe Peak, Ant Hill, Bareface Bluff, Mount Speyer, Mount Dawson-Lambton and The Podium.
78°41′S 160°56′E / 78.683°S 160.933°E. A prominent ice-covered peak, 2,765 metres (9,072 ft) high, at the northwest side of the head of Delta Glacier in the Worcester Range. Discovered by the British National Antarctic Expedition (BrNAE) (1901-04) and named for Sir Alfred Harmsworth, later Viscount Northcliffe, a generous contributor to the expedition.
78°41′S 161°22′E / 78.683°S 161.367°E. A steep triangular rock bluff immediately north of the mouth of Delta Glacier, on the west side of Skelton Glacier. Surveyed and climbed in 1957 by the New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) (1956–58) and so named because of the shape of the bluff.