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The Quartermain Mountains are a group of exposed mountains in Antarctica, about 32 kilometres (20 mi) long, typical of ice-free features of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Victoria Land, located south of Taylor Glacier and bounded by Finger Mountain, Mount Handsley, Mount Feather and Tabular Mountain; also including Knobhead, Terra Cotta Mountain, New Mountain, Beacon Heights, Pyramid Mountain, Arena Valley, Kennar Valley, Turnabout Valley and the several valleys and ridges within Beacon Valley.[1]

Quartermain Mountains
Geography
Continent	Antarctica
Range coordinates	77°51′S 160°45′E

Exploration

The mountains were visited by British expeditions led by Robert Falcon Scott (1901–04 and 1910–13) and Ernest Shackleton (1907–09), who applied several names. Names were added in the years subsequent to the International Geophysical Year, 1957–58, concurrent with research carried out by New Zealand Antarctic Research Programme and United States Antarctic Research Program field parties, and to fulfill the requirement for maps compiled from United States Navy aerial photographs, 1947–83. In 1977, the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the mountains after New Zealand Antarctic historian Lester Bowden Quartermain (1895–1973).[1]

List of mountains

Mount Benninghoff

Mount Benninghoff (77°55′S 161°19′E) is a mainly ice-free mountain (1,965 m) standing 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) southeast of Terra Cotta Mountain. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1993 after William S. Benninghoff (1918–93), Professor of Botany, University of Michigan, 1957–88, retiring as Professor Emeritus of Botany; seasonal visits to Antarctica in 1968, 1976, 1977 and 1989; member, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Working Group on Biology, 1968–87; member, Polar Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences, 1966–86.[2]

Mount Feather

Mount Feather (77°57′S 160°21′E) is a massive mountain, 3,010 metres (9,875 ft), with a broad flattish summit, standing at the southern extremity of the Quartermain Mountains. Named after Thomas A. Feather, Royal Navy, Boatswain on the Discovery during the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–04), who accompanied Scott in his Western Journey to this area in 1903.[3]

Finger Mountain

Finger Mountain (77°45′S 160°40′E) is an elongated mountain rising to 1,920 metres (6,299 ft) on the northern side of Turnabout Valley. So named by the British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–04) because a long tongue of dolerite between the sandstone strata has the appearance of a finger.[4]

Pyramid Mountain

Pyramid Mountain (77°47′S 160°40′E) is a mountain resembling a pyramid, rising to 2,120 metres (6,955 ft) between Turnabout Valley and the mouth of Beacon Valley. The name seems first to appear on maps of the British Antarctic Expedition (R.F. Scott), 1910–13, but the mountain was almost certainly seen for the first time during Scott's first expedition, 1901–04.[5]

Tabular Mountain

Tabular Mountain (77°52′S 160°14′E) is a broad, flat-topped mountain, 2,740 metres (8,990 ft), about 9 kilometres (6 mi) north-northwest of Mount Feather. Descriptively named by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04.[6]

Terra Cotta Mountain

Terra Cotta Mountain (77°54′S 161°15′E) is a mountain between Windy Gully and Knobhead, on the southern side of Taylor Glacier. The descriptive name was applied by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04.[7]

Other features

• Nadir Bluff
• Plumb Bob Point
• Subtense Valley

References

 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Geological Survey.

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[de] Quartermain Mountains

Die Quartermain Mountains sind eine Gruppe exponierter und eisfreier Berggipfel der Antarktischen Trockentäler südlich des Taylor-Gletscher im ostantarktischen Viktorialand. Zu ihnen gehören der Finger Mountain, Mount Handsley, Mount Feather und der Tabular Mountain als auch der Knobhead, der Terra Cotta Mountain, der New Mountain, die Beacon Heights, der Pyramid Mountain, das Arena Valley, das Kennar Valley, das Turnabout Valley sowie einige Täler und Gebirgskämme des Beacon Valley.

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[fr] Chaîne Quartermain

La chaîne Quartermain est une chaîne de montagnes située dans la chaîne Transantarctique, dans la Terre Victoria en Antarctique. Elle culmine au mont Feather à 2 985 mètres d'altitude.

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[it] Montagne di Quartermain

La montagne di Quartermain sono un gruppo montuoso situato nella regione centro-occidentale della Dipendenza di Ross, sulla costa di Scott, in Antartide. Il gruppo, che fa parte della catena delle montagne del Principe Alberto, si estende per circa 30 km in direzione nord-sud e per circa 35 km in direzione est-ovest ed è costeggiato a sud da una spianata ghiacciaia chiamata The Portal, a ovest dai ghiacciai Lashly e Cassidy, che lo separano dall'Altopiano Antartico, a est dal ghiacciaio Ferrar, che lo separa dal monte Table, e a nord dal ghiacciaio Taylor, che lo separa dalla dorsale Asgard. Nelle montagne di Quartermain, la cui vetta più alta è quella del monte Feather, che arriva a 3010 m s.l.m., sono presenti sia diverse valli libere dal ghiaccio, come la valle di Beacon e la valle di Farnell, sia valli completamente occupate da ghiacciai, come ad esempio il ghiacciaio Fireman e il ghiacciaio Telemeter.[1]

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