Flood Range
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The Flood Range is an Antarctic range
of large snow-covered mountain
s extending in an E-W direction for about 96 km (60 mi) and forming a right angle with the southern end of the Ames Range
in Marie Byrd Land
.
Discovered by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition in 1934 from a great distance. Reconnaissance flights by the USAS (1939-41) explored the range. The principle mountain was named "Mount Hal Flood" by Byrd for his uncle, the Hon. Henry D. Flood
, U.S. Representative from Virginia. The name was subsequently transferred by US-SCAN from the mountain to the entire range. Mount Hal Flood is now known officially as Mount Berlin
.
Other mountains in this range include Mount Moulton
.
Mountain range
A mountain range is a single, large mass consisting of a succession of mountains or narrowly spaced mountain ridges, with or without peaks, closely related in position, direction, formation, and age; a component part of a mountain system or of a mountain chain...
of large snow-covered mountain
Mountain
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s extending in an E-W direction for about 96 km (60 mi) and forming a right angle with the southern end of the Ames Range
Ames Range
The Ames Range is an Antarctic range of snow-covered, flat-topped, steep-sided mountains, extending in a N-S direction for 32 km and forming a right angle with the eastern end of the Flood Range in Marie Byrd Land....
in Marie Byrd Land
Marie Byrd Land
Marie Byrd Land is the portion of West Antarctica lying east of the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and south of the Pacific Ocean, extending eastward approximately to a line between the head of the Ross Ice Shelf and Eights Coast. It stretches between 158°W and 103°24'W...
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Discovered by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition in 1934 from a great distance. Reconnaissance flights by the USAS (1939-41) explored the range. The principle mountain was named "Mount Hal Flood" by Byrd for his uncle, the Hon. Henry D. Flood
Henry D. Flood
Henry De La Warr Flood was a Representative from the Commonwealth of Virginia to the United States House of Representatives, brother of U.S. Representative Joel West Flood and uncle of U.S. Senator Harry Flood Byrd....
, U.S. Representative from Virginia. The name was subsequently transferred by US-SCAN from the mountain to the entire range. Mount Hal Flood is now known officially as Mount Berlin
Mount Berlin
Mount Berlin is the sixth highest volcano in Antarctica, located 16 km west of Mount Moulton in Marie Byrd Land near the eastern coast of the Ross Sea. It is composed of two coalesced shield volcanoes: Marren Peak and Berlin Crater...
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Other mountains in this range include Mount Moulton
Mount Moulton
Mount Moulton is a broad, ice-covered shield volcano standing 16 km E of Mount Berlin in the Flood Range, Marie Byrd Land.Discovered on aerial flights by the United States Antarctic Service in 1940, and named for Richard S...
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