Duncan Mountains

The Duncan Mountains (85°2′S 166°0′W) are a group of rugged coastal foothills, about 18 nautical miles (33 km) long, extending from the mouth of Liv Glacier to the mouth of Strom Glacier at the head of the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica. They were discovered by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition in November 1929 and named for James Duncan, the Manager of Tapley Ltd, shipping agents for the Byrd expeditions at Dunedin, New Zealand.[1]

Features

Wishbone Ridge

Wishbone Ridge (84°56′S 166°56′W) is a Y-shaped ridge trending northeast from the main ridge of the Duncan Mountains. It is located between the Campbell and the Priestley glaciers and has granite outcrops.[2] The feature is 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Morris Peak and is unique among the series of ridges in the Duncan Mountains in that it bifurcates, giving an aerial view similar in shape to a "wishbone." The descriptive name was suggested by Edmund Stump of the United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) Ohio State University field party who, with C.E. Corbatoo and P.V. Colbert, geologically mapped the ridge on December 21, 1974.


See also

References
  1. "Duncan Mountains". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-02-20.
  2. Frezzotti, M.L.; Di Vincenzo, G.; Ghezzo, C.; Burke, E.A.J. (1994). "Evidence of magmatic CO2-rich fluids in peraluminous graphite-bearing leucogranites from Deep Freeze Range (northern Victoria Land, Antarctica)". Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 117 (2): 111–123. doi:10.1007/BF00286836. S2CID 128760117.

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