Quarles Range
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Quarles Range is a high and rugged range of the Queen Maud Mountains
, extending from the polar plateau between Cooper and Bowman Glaciers and terminating near the edge of Ross Ice Shelf
. Peaks in the range were first sighted by Captain Roald Amundsen
in 1911, and the range was mapped in detail by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928–30. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
(US-ACAN) for Donald A. Quarles
, Sec. of the Air Force, 1955–57, and Deputy Sec. of Defense, 1957–59, at the outset of the International Geophysical Year
and organization of U.S. activity in Antarctica.
, 2,550 m, standing 4 nautical miles (7 km) northeast of Mount Ruth Gade
in the Quarles Range. It was mapped by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928–30, and by the United States Geological Survey
(USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. It was named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
(US-ACAN) for John R. Harrington, meteorologist with the South Pole Station winter party, 1962.
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 polar plateau in Antarctica...
, extending from the polar plateau between Cooper and Bowman Glaciers and terminating near the edge of Ross Ice Shelf
Ross Ice Shelf
The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf of Antarctica . It is several hundred metres thick. The nearly vertical ice front to the open sea is more than 600 km long, and between 15 and 50 metres high above the water surface...
. Peaks in the range were first sighted by Captain Roald Amundsen
Roald Amundsen
Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He led the first Antarctic expedition to reach the South Pole between 1910 and 1912 and he was the first person to reach both the North and South Poles. He is also known as the first to traverse the Northwest Passage....
in 1911, and the range was mapped in detail by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928–30. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...
(US-ACAN) for Donald A. Quarles
Donald A. Quarles
Donald Aubrey Quarles was a communications engineer, senior level executive with Bell Telephone Laboratories and Western Electric, and a top official in the United States Department of Defense during the Eisenhower Administration...
, Sec. of the Air Force, 1955–57, and Deputy Sec. of Defense, 1957–59, at the outset of the International Geophysical Year
International Geophysical Year
The International Geophysical Year was an international scientific project that lasted from July 1, 1957, to December 31, 1958. It marked the end of a long period during the Cold War when scientific interchange between East and West was seriously interrupted...
and organization of U.S. activity in Antarctica.
Mountains
Mount Harrington is a mountainMountain
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, 2,550 m, standing 4 nautical miles (7 km) northeast of Mount Ruth Gade
Mount Ruth Gade
Mount Ruth Gade is a pyramidal mountain, 3,515 m, standing 3 nautical miles northeast of Mount Wedel-Jarlsberg in the Quarles Range, Queen Maud Mountains. Discovered in November 1911 by Captain Roald Amundsen, and named by him for one of the daughters of the Norwegian minister to Brazil, a strong...
in the Quarles Range. It was mapped by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928–30, and by the United States Geological Survey
United States Geological Survey
The United States Geological Survey is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten it. The organization has four major science disciplines, concerning biology,...
(USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. It was named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...
(US-ACAN) for John R. Harrington, meteorologist with the South Pole Station winter party, 1962.