Read Mountains is a group of rocky summits, the highest 1,830 m, lying east of Glen Glacier

Glen Glacier

Glen Glacier is a glacier at least 7 nautical miles long, flowing south in the Shackleton Range to join Recovery Glacier to the west of Read Mountains. First mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition and named for Alexander R. Glen, member of the Committee of Management of the...

 in the south-central part of the Shackleton Range

Shackleton Range

The Shackleton Range is a mountain range in Antarctica. Rising to , it extends in an east-west direction for about between the Slessor and Recovery glaciers....

. First mapped in 1957 by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition

Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition

The 1955–58 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition was a Commonwealth-sponsored expedition that successfully completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica, via the South Pole...

 and named for Professor Herbert H. Read, Chairman of the Scientific Committee and member of the Committee of Management of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1955-58.