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Hughes Range (Antarctica)

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Key mountains
Features
References

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The Hughes Range is a high massive north-south trending mountain range in Antarctica, surmounted by six prominent summits, of which Mount Kaplan (4,230 m) is the highest. The range is located east of Canyon Glacier in the Queen Maud Mountains and extends {{convert|72|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} from the confluence of Brandau and Keltie glaciers in the south, to the Giovinco Ice Piedmont in the north.^[1]

Discovered and photographed by Rear Admiral Byrd on the baselaying flight of November 18, 1929, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names on the recommendation of Byrd for Charles Evans Hughes, U.S. secretary of state, U.S. chief justice, and adviser/counselor of Byrd.^[1]{{coord|84|30|S|175|30|E|type:mountain|display=title}}

Key mountains

Mount Kaplan
Mount Waterman ({{coord|84|27|S|175|25|E|type:mountain}}) is a massive mountain, {{convert|3880|m|ft|0}}, standing {{convert|5|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} NE of Mount Wexler. The mountain was discovered and photographed by Rear Admiral Byrd on the baselaying flight of November 18, 1929, and surveyed by A.P. Crary from 1957-1958. Named by Crary for Alan Tower Waterman, director of the National Science Foundation which directly supported U.S. Antarctic programs during and after the 1957-1958 International Geophysical Year program.^[2]
Mount Wexler ({{coord|84|30|S|175|01|E|type:mountain}}) is a prominent ice-free mountain, {{convert|4025|m|ft|0}}, standing {{convert|5|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} north north west of Mount Kaplan, the highest peak in the Hughes Range. Discovered and photographed by Byrd on the baselaying flight of November 18, 1929, and surveyed by A.P. Crary from 1957-1958. Named by Crary for Harry Wexler, chief scientist for U.S. Antarctic during the 1957-1958 International Geophysical Year program.^[3]

Features

Geographical features include:

Alan Tower Waterman
Campbell Cliffs
Canyon Glacier
Good Glacier
Haynes Table
Lane Plateau
Millington Glacier
Mount Brennan
Mount Bronk
Mount Cartwright
Mount Kaplan
Mount Odishaw
Pain Neve
Perez Glacier
Shanklin Glacier

References

1. ^¹{{cite gnis|type=antarid|id=7132|name=Hughes Range|accessdate=2004-11-12}}
2. ^{{cite gnis |type=antarid |id=16302 |name=Mount Waterman |accessdate=2008-07-09}}
3. ^{{cite gnis |type=antarid |id=16475 |name=Mount Wexler |accessdate=12 November 2005}}

3 : Queen Maud Mountains|Mountain ranges of the Ross Dependency|Dufek Coast

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