COMPOSITE GAZETTEER OF ANTARCTICA

ENEA - P.N.R.A.

Neptune Range

Place ID: 10164
Name ID: 110328

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:

• Neptune Range (Russia)
• Neptune Range (United States of America)

Narrative

in the central part of Pensacola Mountains, rising to 1975m at Mount Hawkes (q.v.) and extending from Spanley Rocks (q.v.) in the N to Final Rock (q.v.) in the S, bounded to the W by Schmidt Hills (q.v.) and Williams Hills (q.v.) and to the E by Washington Escarpment (q.v.) and associated features, was photographed from the air by USN, 13 January 1956, on a non-stop flight from McMurdo Sound, Ross Dependency, to the Weddell Sea and back; named after the P2V-2N Neptune aircraft (Lieut. Cdr. J. H. Torbert, USN, Mount Torbert, q.v.) on the flight (NGS map, 1957b; [referring to W half of Pensacola Mountains] AGS map, 1962b; [in 83°45'S 52°00'W] APC, 1964, p.4; [correctly shown] USGS sheets SU 21-25/13 and SV 21-30/1, 1969; APC, 1977, p.24); surveyed from the ground by USGS and rephotographed from the air by USN, 1963-64. Khrebet Nept'yun (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). "Camp Neptune", referring to the US refuge established in November 1963 at 615m on the E side of Roderick Valley in 83°34'S 57°24'W, but now buried in snow (USGS sheet SU 21-25/13, 1969). Cordillera Santa Teresita, so called by AAE after Saint Theresa (Argentina. IGM map, 1966; Pierrou, 1970, p.654). Khrebet Neptyon (Soviet Union. MMF map V-21-V-30, 1972).

Named For

Location

Images

No images of this place could be found.

Map

Source

Comments

None

Approval status

Related information