Harold Byrd Mountains
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Harold Byrd Mountains is a group of exposed mountains and nunatak
s which extend in an east-west direction between the lower part of Leverett Glacier
and the head of the Ross Ice Shelf Discovered in December 1929 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Laurence Gould, and named by R. Admiral Byrd for D. Harold Byrd, a cousin and a contributor towards the purchase of furs for the expedition.
Nunatak
A nunatak is an exposed, often rocky element of a ridge, mountain, or peak not covered with ice or snow within an ice field or glacier. The term is typically used in areas where a permanent ice sheet is present...
s which extend in an east-west direction between the lower part of Leverett Glacier
Leverett Glacier
Leverett Glacier in Antarctica is about 80 km long and 4 to 6 km wide, draining northward from the Watson Escarpment, between the California and Stanford Plateaus, and then trending WNW between the Tapley Mountains and Harold Byrd Mountains to terminate at the head of the Ross Ice Shelf...
and the head of the Ross Ice Shelf Discovered in December 1929 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Laurence Gould, and named by R. Admiral Byrd for D. Harold Byrd, a cousin and a contributor towards the purchase of furs for the expedition.