Earth:Phillips Mountains
Phillips Mountains ( [ ⚑ ] : 76°16′S 145°0′W / 76.267°S 145°W) is a range of mountains on the north side of Balchen Glacier and Block Bay in the Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica. Discovered by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (1928–30) and named by Byrd for Albanus Phillips, Sr., a manufacturer in Cambridge, Maryland, United States, and patron of the Byrd expeditions.
Geography and geology
The range spans about 40 miles (64 km) from west to east with elevations near 1000 m.[1][2] Individual mountains are aligned northeast–southwest or northwest–southeast.[1] Mountains and nunataks are composed of either Ford granodiorite (Devonian age), or Byrd Coast granite (Cretaceous age).[1][3][4] Nunataks are mostly found north of the mountain range.[1][2]
Peaks, Nunataks, and Rocks
Peaks
- Mount Carbone
- Mount June
- Mount Paige
Nunataks
- Abele Nunatak
- Herrmann Nunatak
- Hutcheson Nunataks
- Reddick Nunatak
Rocks and features
- Adams Rocks
- Favela Rocks
- Groux Rock
- Lewis Rocks
- Webster Bluff
Further reading
- Donna Whitney, Christian Teyssier, Christine S. Siddoway, Gneiss Domes in Orogeny, P 271
- Bruce Luyendyk, Stan Cisowski, Christine Smith, Steve Richard, David Kimbrough, Paleomagnetic study of the northern Ford Ranges, western Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica: Motion between West and East Antarctica, https://doi.org/10.1029/95TC02524
- S. M. Richard, C. H. Smith, D. L. Kimbrough, Paul G Fitzgerald, B. P. Luyendyk, M. O. McWilliams, Cooling history of the northern Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica, Tectonics, 13(4), 837–857.
- Bruce Luyendyk, Steve Richard, Christine Smith, David Kimbrough, 1991, Geological and geophysical investigations in the northern Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica, Antarctic Journal of the United States, Volume 26, P 37 - 40.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Wade, F. A., C. A. Cathey, and J. B. Oldham (1977), Reconnaissance geologic map of the Guest Peninsula quadrangle, Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica, Map A-7, U. S. Antarctic Research Program, Reston, VA.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wade, F. A., C. A. Cathey, and J. B. Oldham (1978), Reconnaissance geologic map of the Gutenko Nunataks quadrangle, Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica, Map A-11, U. S. Antarctic Research Program.
- ↑ Luyendyk, B. P., et al. (1992). "Recent Progress in Antarctic Earth Science". Proceedings of the 6th Symposium on Antarctic Earth Science, Saitama, Japan, 1991, Terra Pub., p. 279–288
- ↑ Richard, S. M.; Smith, C. H.; Kimbrough, D. L.; Fitzgerald, P. G.; Luyendyk, B. P.; McWilliams, M. O. (1994). "Cooling history of the northern Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica". Tectonics 13 (4): 837–857. doi:10.1029/93tc03322. ISSN 0278-7407. https://doi.org/10.1029/93TC03322.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Phillips Mountains" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).
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