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Forrestal Range

Place ID: 4830
Name ID: 108875

Feature type: Range

Origin

This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

• Diamante, cordillera (Argentina)
• Forrestal Range (Russia)
• Forrestal Range (United States of America)

Narrative

between Neptune Range and Argentina Range, Pensacola Mountains, rising to 2030m at Mount Lechner, was photographed from the air, 13 January 1956, on a flight by a USN Neptune aircraft from McMurdo Sound, Ross Dependency, to the Weddell Sea and return; named after USS Forrestal, first USN supercarrier ([referring to E half of Pensacola Mountains] NGS map, 1957b; AGS map, 1962b; [as now defined] Schmidt and Ford, 1963, map p.21; APC, 1964, p.3; USGS sheets SU 21-25/10 and 14, 1969). Diamonte [sic] Mountain Range, incorrectly shown in 83°15'S 44°00'W but presumably referring to part of this feature, after the Argentine town of Diamante (Ronne, 1961, map Front.). Khrebet Forrestal (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). The range was further photographed from the air by USN in 1964. Montes Piedrabuena, apparently referring to S part of this feature, after Coronel de Marina Luis Piedrabuena (1833-83), pioneer of Argentine sovereignty in the south (Argentina. MM, NM 21/1.xi.1964). Cordillera Diamante, apparently referring to central part of this feature (Argentina. MM, NM 21/1.xi.1964; Pierrou, 1970, p.313). The range was surveyed from the ground on USGS Pensacola Mountains Project, 1965-66. Montes Comandante Luis Piedrabuena, apparently referring to central part of this feature (Pierrou, 1970, p.257). Cordillera Forrestal, apparently referring to S part of this feature (Argentina. MD, 1978, letter F).

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