Webers Peaks
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Webers Peaks is a line of peaks on a ridge bounded by Splettstoesser Glacier
on the north, Balish Glacier
on the east and Dobbratz and Fendorf Glaciers on the west, in the Heritage Range
, Ellsworth Mountains
. Named by the University of Minnesota
Ellsworth Mountains Party, 1962–63, for geologist Gerald F. Webers, a member of that party.
Splettstoesser Glacier
Splettstoesser Glacier is a glacier, 35 nautical miles long, draining from the plateau just south of Founders Escarpment and flowing east-northeast through the Heritage Range to the south of Founders Peaks and Anderson Massif to enter the Minnesota Glacier. Named by the University of Minnesota...
on the north, Balish Glacier
Balish Glacier
Balish Glacier is a glacier, long, flowing north from Soholt Peaks to enter Splettstoesser Glacier just northeast of Springer Peak, in the Heritage Range, Ellsworth Mountains. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S...
on the east and Dobbratz and Fendorf Glaciers on the west, in 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
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...
Ellsworth Mountains Party, 1962–63, for geologist Gerald F. Webers, a member of that party.