Lully Foothills
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Lully Foothills is a large group of peaks and nunatak
s extending 15 nautical miles (28 km) in a NE-SW direction between Vivaldi Glacier
and LeMay Range
in the W-central part of Alexander Island
. Apparently first seen from the air and roughly mapped by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) in 1940. Remapped in detail from air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition
(RARE), 1947–48, by Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1960. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Jean-Baptiste Lully
(1639–87), French composer.
Nunatak
A nunatak is an exposed, often rocky element of a ridge, mountain, or peak not covered with ice or snow within an ice field or glacier. The term is typically used in areas where a permanent ice sheet is present...
s extending 15 nautical miles (28 km) in a NE-SW direction between Vivaldi Glacier
Vivaldi Glacier
Vivaldi Glacier is a glacier between Colbert Mountains and Lully Foothills, flowing south from Purcell Snowfield into the head of Schubert Inlet on the west coast of Alexander Island. The feature appears to be first shown on maps of the United States Antarctic Service which photographed Alexander...
and LeMay Range
LeMay Range
LeMay Range is a mountain range 64 km long with peaks rising to 2,000 m, extending in a northwest-southeast direction from Snick Pass to Uranus Glacier in central Alexander Island. It was first seen from the air by Lincoln Ellsworth on November 23, 1935, and the north and east portions...
in the W-central part of Alexander Island
Alexander Island
Alexander Island or Alexander I Island or Alexander I Land or Alexander Land is the largest island of Antarctica, with an area of lying in the Bellingshausen Sea west of the base of the Antarctic Peninsula, from which it is separated by Marguerite Bay and George VI Sound. Alexander Island lies off...
. Apparently first seen from the air and roughly mapped by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) in 1940. Remapped in detail from air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition
Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition
The Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition was an expedition from 1947-1948 which researched the area surrounding the head of the Weddell Sea in Antarctica.-Background:...
(RARE), 1947–48, by Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1960. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) after Jean-Baptiste Lully
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Jean-Baptiste de Lully was an Italian-born French composer who spent most of his life working in the court of Louis XIV of France. He is considered the chief master of the French Baroque style. Lully disavowed any Italian influence in French music of the period. He became a French subject in...
(1639–87), French composer.