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The Ford Ranges (77°0′S 144°0′W) are a grouping of mountain ranges standing east of Sulzberger Ice Shelf and Block Bay in the northwest part of Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. Discovered by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition on December 5, 1929, they were named by Byrd for Edsel Ford of the Ford Motor Company, who helped finance the expedition.[1]

Geological features

Ranges

The Ford Ranges include a number of mountain groupings and features:

Allegheny Mountains (Antarctica)
Chester Mountains
Clark Mountains
Denfeld Mountains
Fosdick Mountains
Haines Mountains
Mackay Mountains
Phillips Mountains
Sarnoff Mountains
Swanson Mountains

Mountains

Not a comprehensive list...

Mount Corey; Chester Mountains
Mount Darling; Allegheny Mountains
Mount Iphigene (76°31′S 145°50′W); Fosdick Mountains, just west of Ochs Glacier between Marujupu Peak and Birchall Peaks.[2]
Mackey Rock, Fosdick Mountains, is a large isolated rock eight nautical miles (15 km) southwest of the Mount Iphigene.[3]
Mount Luyendyk; Fosdick Mountains
Mount Maglione; Clark Mountains
Marujupu Peak (76°31′S 145°37′W); Fosdick Mountains. A conspicuous nunatak standing above the main flow of Ochs Glacier, between Mount Iphigene and Mount Ferranto.[4]
Mount Peddie; Phillips Mountains
Mount Rea (77°4′S 145°30′W); Sarnoff Mountains. A prominent mountain standing between Arthur Glacier and Boyd Glacier.[5]
Mount Spencer; Allegheny Mountains
Mount Stancliff; Denfeld Mountains
Mount Swartley; Allegheny Mountains
Mount Tolley; Allegheny Mountains
Saunders Mountain; Denfeld Mountains

Other features

Breeding Nunatak
Cady Nunatak
Lichen Peak
Skua Gull Peak
The Billboard
Thompson Ridge
Wells Ridge

References

"Ford Ranges". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2005-09-30.
"Mount Iphigene". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2008-03-20.
"Mackey Rock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-07-17.
"Marujupu Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2008-03-20.
"Mount Rea". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2007-03-12.

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На других языках

[de] Ford Ranges

Die Ford Ranges umfassen Berggruppen und Gebirgsketten östlich des Sulzberger-Schelfeises und der Block Bay im nordwestlichen Abschnitt des westantarktischen Marie-Byrd-Landes. Zu ihnen gehören bspw. die Fosdick Mountains, die Phillips Mountains und der Gebirgskamm Court Ridge.

- [en] Ford Ranges

[es] Cordilleras Ford

Las cordilleras Ford (77°0′S 144°0′O) son un grupo de cadenas montañosas que se encuentran ubicadas al este de la barrera de hielo Sulzberger y la bahía Block en el sector noroeste de la tierra de Marie Byrd en la Antártida. Fueron descubiertas por la Expedición Antártica Byrd el 5 de diciembre de 1929, y designadas por Byrd en honor a Edsel Ford de la Ford Motor Company, quien ayudó a financiar la expedición.[1]

[ru] Эдсел-Форд (горы)

Эдсел-Форд (англ. Edsel Ford Ranges) — горы в северо-западной части Земли Мэри Бэрд в Западной Антарктиде, между 140° и 149° западной долготы.

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