Prince Charles Mountains (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Prince Charles Mountains (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Mountain
This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
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A major group of mountains in Mac.Robertson Land, extending about 380 km southwards in an arc from their northern extremity, which is about 320 km SSE of Mawson. The mountains are situated between 70°10' S and 74°30' S and 60°40' E and 60°00' E. The mountains were first seen from a distance by airmen of USN Operation Highjump (1946-47). The exact position of their northern components was first determined by Robert Dovers, Officer-in-Charge at Mawson, 1954, who saw them from the Stinear Nunataks in December, 1954. The northern range (Athos Range) was first visited by an ANARE party led by J. Béchervaise in December, 1955. A party led by William Bewsher in the summer of 1956-57 explored and mapped the three northern ranges. In 1957 a party led by K. Mather reached the Goodspeed Nunataks in the southern part of the mountains. Parties in 1958 and 1959 made landings from the air. In 1960 and 1961, parties, led by R. Ruker and D. Trail respectively, made geological surveys of the southern components. ANARE began a detailed topographical and geological survey of the mountains in 1969 which has continued each summer.
The mountains were named after HRH Prince Charles, heir apparent to the British Throne.
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