Executive Committee Range

Executive Committee Range
Executive Committee Range
Range
SW view of Mount Sidley caldera
Continent Antarctica
Region Marie Byrd Land
Highest point Mount Sidley
 - elevation 4,285 m (14,058 ft)
Map of Mt. Sidley and Mt. Waesche

Coordinates: 76°50′S 126°06′W / 76.833°S 126.1°W / -76.833; -126.1 The Executive Committee Range is a range consisting of five major mountains, volcanic in origin, which trends north-south for 80 km (50 mi) along the 126th meridian west, in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica.[1]

Discovered by the United States Antarctic Service expedition on a flight, December 15, 1940, and named for the Antarctic Service Executive Committee. Individual mountains (e.g. Hampton, Waesche) are named in honor of members of the committee, except for Mount Sidley, the most imposing mountain in the range, which was discovered and named by Rear Admiral Byrd in 1934. The entire range was mapped in detail by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy trimetrogon photography, 1958-60.[1]

Mountains of this range include Mount Sidley, Mount Waesche and Mount Hampton.


Geological features

Mount Cumming

Mount Cumming (76°40′S 125°48′W / 76.667°S 125.8°W / -76.667; -125.8) is a low, mostly snow-covered mountain, volcanic in origin, located midway between Mount Hampton and Mount Hartigan. A circular snow-covered crater occupies the summit area. Discovered by the U.S. Antarctic Service (USAS) (1939–41) on a flight, Dec. 15, 1940, and named for Hugh S. Cumming, Jr., State Department member of the U.S. Antarctic Service (USAS) Executive Committee. Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy trimetrogon photography, 1958-60.[2]

Mount Hartigan

Mount Hartigan (76°52′S 126°00′W / 76.867°S 126°W / -76.867; -126) is a broad, mostly snow-covered mountain with several individually named peaks which rise up to 2,800 metres (9,186 ft), situated immediately north of Mount Sidley. Discovered by the United States Antarctic Service expedition on a flight, Dec. 15, 1940, and named for Rear Admiral Charles C. Hartigan, U.S. Navy (USN), Navy Department member of the Antarctic Service Executive Committee.[3]

Le Vaux Peak

Le Vaux Peak (76°40′S 125°43′W / 76.667°S 125.717°W / -76.667; -125.717) is a small peak on the east side of the crater rim of Mount Cumming. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1958-60. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Howard A. Le Vaux, auroral physicist at Byrd Station, 1959, and a member of the Marie Byrd Land Traverse Party, 1959-60.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Sentinel Range". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:4688. Retrieved 2005-07-03. 
  2. ^ "Mount Cumming". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:3402. Retrieved 2010-06-02. 
  3. ^ "Mount Hartigan". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:6439. Retrieved 2010-06-02. 
  4. ^ "Le Vaux Peak". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:5:::NO::P5_ANTAR_ID:8759. Retrieved 2008-04-07. 

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