Drake Icefall
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Drake Icefall is an icefall 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) wide between Soholt Peaks
and Edson Hills
, draining eastward from the plateau to join the general flow of Union Glacier
through the Heritage Range
, Ellsworth Mountains
. Named by the University of Minnesota Ellsworth Mountains Party, 1962–63, for Benjamin Drake IV, geologist and member of the party.
Soholt Peaks
Soholt Peaks is a group of rugged, ice-free peaks rising between Gifford Peaks and Drake Icefall in the Heritage Range, Ellsworth Mountains. Named by the University of Minnesota Ellsworth Mountains Party, 1962–63, for Donald E. Soholt, geologist with that party....
and Edson Hills
Edson Hills
Edson Hills is a group of mainly ice-free hills lying south of Drake Icefall and west of Union Glacier in the Heritage Range, Ellsworth Mountains. Named by the University of Minnesota Ellsworth Mountains Party, 1962–63, for Dean T. Edson, United States Geological Survey topographic engineer with...
, draining eastward from the plateau to join the general flow of Union Glacier
Union Glacier
Union Glacier , is a large, heavily-crevassed glacier which receives the flow of several tributaries and drains through the middle of the Heritage Range, Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. The glacier drains from the plateau at Edson Hills on the west side of the range and flows east between Pioneer...
through the Heritage Range
Heritage Range
The Heritage Range is a major mountain range, long and wide, situated southward of Minnesota Glacier and forming the southern half of the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica...
, Ellsworth Mountains
Ellsworth Mountains
The Ellsworth Mountains are the highest mountain ranges in Antarctica, forming a long and wide chain of mountains in a north to south configuration on the western margin of the Ronne Ice Shelf. They are bisected by Minnesota Glacier to form the northern Sentinel Range and the southern Heritage...
. Named by the University of Minnesota Ellsworth Mountains Party, 1962–63, for Benjamin Drake IV, geologist and member of the party.