Hughes Range (Antarctica)
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The Hughes Range is a high massive north-south trending mountain range
in Antarctica, surmounted by six prominent summits, of which Mount Kaplan
(4,230 m) is the highest. The range is located east of Canyon Glacier
in the Queen Maud Mountains
and extends 72 km (45 mi) from the confluence of Brandau
and Keltie
glaciers in the south, to the Giovinco Ice Piedmont in the north.
Discovered and photographed by Rear Admiral Byrd
on the Baselaying Flight of November 18, 1929, and named by US-ACAN
, on the recommendation of Byrd, for Charles Evans Hughes
, Secretary of State and Chief Justice of the U.S., and adviser and counselor of Byrd.
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...
in Antarctica, surmounted by six prominent summits, of which Mount Kaplan
Mount Kaplan
Mount Kaplan is a massive mountain, the highest in the Hughes Range of Antarctica, standing 5 km southeast of Mount Wexler.The mountain was discovered and photographed by Admiral Byrd on the Baselaying Flight of November 18, 1929, and surveyed by A.P. Crary in 1957–58. Crary named it for...
(4,230 m) is the highest. The range is located east of Canyon Glacier
Canyon Glacier
Canyon Glacier is a narrow glacier, long, flowing to the Ross Ice Shelf. It drains the northwest slopes of Mount Wexler and moves northward between steep canyon walls of the Separation Range and Hughes Range to join the ice shelf immediately west of Giovinco Ice Piedmont...
in the Queen Maud Mountains
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...
and extends 72 km (45 mi) from the confluence of Brandau
Brandau Glacier
Brandau Glacier is a wide tributary glacier, long, flowing westward from an ice divide between Haynes Table and Husky Heights to enter Keltie Glacier just west of Ford Spur. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant Commander James F. Brandau, U.S. Navy, pilot with...
and Keltie
Keltie Glacier
Keltie Glacier is a large Antarctic glacier, 48 km long, draining from Pain Névé southwest around the southern extremity of the Commonwealth Range, and then northwest to enter Beardmore Glacier at Ranfurly Point....
glaciers in the south, to the Giovinco Ice Piedmont in the north.
Discovered and photographed by Rear Admiral Byrd
Richard Evelyn Byrd
Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, Jr., USN was a naval officer who specialized in feats of exploration. He was a pioneering American aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics...
on the Baselaying Flight of November 18, 1929, and named by US-ACAN
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...
, on the recommendation of Byrd, for Charles Evans Hughes
Charles Evans Hughes
Charles Evans Hughes, Sr. was an American statesman, lawyer and Republican politician from New York. He served as the 36th Governor of New York , Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States , United States Secretary of State , a judge on the Court of International Justice , and...
, Secretary of State and Chief Justice of the U.S., and adviser and counselor of Byrd.
List of mountains
- Mount KaplanMount KaplanMount Kaplan is a massive mountain, the highest in the Hughes Range of Antarctica, standing 5 km southeast of Mount Wexler.The mountain was discovered and photographed by Admiral Byrd on the Baselaying Flight of November 18, 1929, and surveyed by A.P. Crary in 1957–58. Crary named it for...
- Mount Waterman (84°27′S 175°25′E) is a massive mountainMountainImage:Himalaya_annotated.jpg|thumb|right|The Himalayan mountain range with Mount Everestrect 58 14 160 49 Chomo Lonzorect 200 28 335 52 Makalurect 378 24 566 45 Mount Everestrect 188 581 920 656 Tibetan Plateaurect 250 406 340 427 Rong River...
, 3880 metres (12,730 ft), standing 5 km (3 mi) NE of Mount Wexler. The mountain was discovered and photographed by Rear Admiral ByrdRichard Evelyn ByrdRear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, Jr., USN was a naval officer who specialized in feats of exploration. He was a pioneering American aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics...
on the Baselaying Flight of November 18, 1929, and surveyed by A.P. Crary in 1957-58. Named by Crary for Alan Tower WatermanAlan Tower WatermanAlan Tower Waterman was an American physicist.Born in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York, he grew up in Northampton, Massachusetts. His father was a professor of physics at Smith College. Alan also became a physicist, doing his undergraduate and doctoral work at Princeton University, from which he...
, Director of the National Science FoundationNational Science FoundationThe National Science Foundation is a United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National Institutes of Health...
, which directly supported U.S. Antarctic programs during and after the IGYInternational Geophysical YearThe 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...
period, 1957-58.
- Mount Wexler (84°30′S 175°01′E) is a prominent ice-free mountainMountainImage:Himalaya_annotated.jpg|thumb|right|The Himalayan mountain range with Mount Everestrect 58 14 160 49 Chomo Lonzorect 200 28 335 52 Makalurect 378 24 566 45 Mount Everestrect 188 581 920 656 Tibetan Plateaurect 250 406 340 427 Rong River...
, 4025 metres (13,205 ft), standing 5 km (3 mi) north north west of Mount KaplanMount KaplanMount Kaplan is a massive mountain, the highest in the Hughes Range of Antarctica, standing 5 km southeast of Mount Wexler.The mountain was discovered and photographed by Admiral Byrd on the Baselaying Flight of November 18, 1929, and surveyed by A.P. Crary in 1957–58. Crary named it for...
, the highest peak in the Hughes Range. Discovered and photographed by Byrd on the Baselaying Flight of November 18, 1929, and surveyed by A.P. Crary in 1957-58. Named by Crary for Harry WexlerHarry WexlerHarry Wexler was an American meteorologist.He attended Harvard University, and in 1939 he was awarded a Ph.D...
, Chief Scientist for U.S. Antarctic IGY programs, 1957-58.