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23-658: Download coordinates as: Wright Inlet is on the Lassiter Coast of southern Palmer Land , opening onto the Weddell Sea to the east. The Hutton Mountains are to the southwest, the Playfair Mountains to the west and the Werner Mountains are to the northwest. It is north of Keller Inlet and south of Howkins Inlet . Piggott Peninsula lies on the north side of the inlet. Cape Wheeler to

46-1087: A northwest–southeast direction for 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi), located 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) northeast of Rivera Peaks. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1961-67. Named by US-ACAN for George E. Watson, biologist on the Palmer Staiion-Eastwind Expedition, summer 1965-66; author of the handbook Birds of the Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic, 1975. 73°48′S 62°50′W  /  73.800°S 62.833°W  / -73.800; -62.833 . A wedge-shaped range of peaks, 14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi) long, between Swann Glacier and Watson Peaks. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1961-67. Named by US-ACAN for James P. Rivera, electronics technician at South Pole Station in 1967. 73°33′S 63°48′W  /  73.550°S 63.800°W  / -73.550; -63.800 . A nunatak group lying between

69-610: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Watson Peaks The Werner Mountains ( 73°34′S 62°20′W  /  73.567°S 62.333°W  / -73.567; -62.333  ( Werner Mountains ) ) are a group of mountains located just west-southwest of New Bedford Inlet and between the Meinardus Glacier and Bryan Glacier , in Palmer Land , Antarctica. Download coordinates as: The Werner Mountains are in southern Palmer Land on

92-599: The Lassiter Coast of the Weddell Sea . They are northeast of the Playfair Mountains , northwest of Arctowski Peak on the Piggott Peninsula , west of New Bedford Inlet , south of the Dana Mountains . The interior ice plateau to the west is largely featureless apart from isolated nunataks . The Meinardus Glacier defines the north edge of the range, the Bryan Glacier defines the east edge and

115-1036: The Swann Glacier defines the west edge. The Werner Mountains were first seen and photographed from the air by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939–41. They were mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1961–67. They were named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Abraham Gottlob Werner (1750–1819), German geologist and mineralogist. Features, from north to south, include Mount Hemmingsen, Mount Fell, Mount Virdin, Douglas Glacier , Mount High and Mount Broome. 73°25′S 61°50′W  /  73.417°S 61.833°W  / -73.417; -61.833 . A mountain at

138-754: The United States Antarctic Service in 1940. During 1947 the entire extent of the coast was photographed from the air by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) under Finn Ronne , who in conjunction with the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey charted it from the ground. The name was applied by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Captain James W. Lassiter of the then United States Army Air Forces , who as chief pilot

161-468: The Playfair and Hutton Mountains, flowing east-northeast to Swann Glacier. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1961-67. Named by US-ACAN for Peter L. Squires, glaciologist at Byrd Station, summer 1965-66. 73°53′S 61°48′W  /  73.883°S 61.800°W  / -73.883; -61.800 . Broad glacier of undetermined length flowing east into Wright Inlet to

184-615: The USAS and in 1947 by the RARE under Ronne. Named by Ronne for John Neville Wheeler , president of the North American Newspaper Alliance and a contributor to the expedition. 74°05′S 61°04′W  /  74.083°S 61.067°W  / -74.083; -61.067 . Cape at the east extremity of the peninsula between Wright INlet and Keller Inlet , on the east coast of Palmer Land. Probably seen from

207-613: The air by members of the USAS who photographed Wright Inlet in December 1940. Photographed from the air during 1947 by the RARE under Ronne, who in conjunction with the FIDS charted it from the ground. Named by Ronne for Delbert M. Little, Assistant Chief for Operations, United States Weather Bureau, who arranged the program for sending weather reports from the RARE. 74°01′S 61°38′W  /  74.017°S 61.633°W  / -74.017; -61.633 . Narrow glacier flowing along

230-476: The early 1990s. [REDACTED]  This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Geological Survey . Lassiter Coast The Lassiter Coast is the portion of the east coast of the Antarctic Peninsula that extends from Cape Mackintosh to Cape Adams . The northern portion of this coast was discovered and photographed from the air by

253-562: The expedition. 73°46′00″S 62°24′00″W  /  73.7666667°S 62.4°W  / -73.7666667; -62.4 . A glacier east of Watson Peaks , flowing southeast into Wright Inlet. Named by US-ACAN (2008) after Ian Joughin, electrical engineer, who pioneered the use of interferometric synthetic aperture radar to estimate surface motion and topography of ice sheets both in Antarctica and Greenland. He has used remote sensing, field work, and modeling to study ice dynamics since

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276-890: The heads of Meinardus Glacier and Swann Glacier. Mapped by USGS from ground surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1961-67. Named by US-ACAN for Charles L. Ferguson, electrician with the Palmer Station winter party in 1965. 73°33′S 64°45′W  /  73.550°S 64.750°W  / -73.550; -64.750 . A small group of isolated nunataks located 17 nautical miles (31 km; 20 mi) north-northwest of Mount Coman . Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1961-67. Named by US-ACAN for Stephen R. Toth, glaciologist at Byrd Station, summer 1965-66. 73°27′S 65°55′W  /  73.450°S 65.917°W  / -73.450; -65.917 . An isolated nunatak about 35 nautical miles (65 km; 40 mi) northwest of Mount Coman, surmounting

299-998: The interior ice plateau near the base of Palmer Land. Mapped by USGS from ground surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1961-67. Named by US-ACAN for William L. Galkin, meteorologist at Byrd Station, summer 1965-66. 73°25′S 66°36′W  /  73.417°S 66.600°W  / -73.417; -66.600 . Isolated peaks 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) east of Mount Vang in southern Palmer Land. Mapped by USGS from ground surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1961-67. Named by US-ACAN for Robert C. Gunn, glaciologist at Byrd Station, summer 1965-66. 73°26′S 67°09′W  /  73.433°S 67.150°W  / -73.433; -67.150 . An isolated mountain standing southward of George VI Sound and 80 nautical miles (150 km; 92 mi) east-southeast of Eklund Islands in southern Palmer Land. Discovered by Finn Ronne and Carl Eklund of US AS, 1939-41, during their sledge journey through George VI Sound. Resighted from

322-788: The mouths of Douglas and Bryan Glaciers. Mapped by USGS from ground surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1961-67. Named by US-ACAN for Howard W. Broome, Jr., electrician with the South Pole Station winter party in 1967. Nearby features to the southwest and west, extending into the interior ice plateau, include from east to west Joughin Glacier , Watson Peaks, Rivera Peaks, Ferguson Nunataks, Toth Nunataks, Galkin Nunatak, Gunn Peaks and Mount Vang. 73°45′S 62°36′W  /  73.750°S 62.600°W  / -73.750; -62.600 . A linear group of peaks that trend in

345-477: The north and Cape Little to the south define the mouth of the inlet. The inlet is fed by the Waverley Glacier, which enters from the east. Further inland it is fed from the west by Squires Glacier and Swann Glacier. Wright Inlet inlet was photographed from the air in 1940 by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) and in 1947 by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) under Finn Ronne . It

368-547: The north of Mount Tricorn. The glacier was discovered and photographed from the air in December 1940 by members of East Base of the USAS. During 1947 it was photographed from the air by members of the RARE, under Ronne, who in conjunction with the FIDS charted it from the ground. Named by Ronne for W.F.G. Swann, Director of the Barthol Research Foundation of Franklin Inst. at Swarthmore, PA, a contributor to

391-770: The north part of Werner Mountains. Mapped by USGS from ground surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1961-67. Named by US-ACAN for Jack W. Fell, biologist on the Eastwind in the cruise along Antarctic Peninsula in the 1965-66 season. 73°29′S 61°54′W  /  73.483°S 61.900°W  / -73.483; -61.900 . A mountain 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) southwest of Mount Hemmingsen. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1961-67. Named by US-ACAN for Floyd Virdin, construction mechanic at South Pole Station in 1967. 73°34′S 62°05′W  /  73.567°S 62.083°W  / -73.567; -62.083 . A mountain on

414-616: The northeast end of the Werner Mountains, located on the south side of Meinardus Glacier, 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) southwest of Court Nunatak . Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1961-67. Named by US-ACAN for Edvard A. Hemmingsen, biologist at McMurdo Station , summer 1966-67, and Palmer Station , 1967-68. 73°26′S 62°16′W  /  73.433°S 62.267°W  / -73.433; -62.267 . A mountain 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) west of Mount Hemmingsen in

437-611: The seaward edge of the Ronne Ice Shelf and the west and central edge of the Filchner Ice Shelf were sighted and photographed for the first time. [REDACTED]  This article incorporates public domain material from "Lassiter Coast" . Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . 73°45′S 62°0′W  /  73.750°S 62.000°W  / -73.750; -62.000 This Palmer Land location article

460-614: The south flank of Mount Tricorn and entering Wright Inlet. This glacier was photographed from the air by members of the USAS in December 1940, and by the RARE under Ronne in 1947. Named by Ronne after Waverly, New York, home of the Kasco Mills. Mr. Marc Ivy and Mr. Edwin Knapp, officers of the Kasco Mills, contributed twenty tons of dog food to Ronne's expedition. 73°58′S 62°35′W  /  73.967°S 62.583°W  / -73.967; -62.583 . A tributary glacier between

483-399: The south side of Douglas Glacier in the central Werner Mountains. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1961-67. Named by US-ACAN for Harvey W. High, cook with the South Pole Station winter party in 1967. 73°35′S 61°45′W  /  73.583°S 61.750°W  / -73.583; -61.750 . A mountain in the north part of the range which lies between

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506-538: Was instrumental in the overall success of the RARE aerial exploratory program. Lassiter was the pilot not only on the flight southwest from Cape Adams, on which geographic discovery was extended to 76°0′S 72°30′W  /  76.000°S 72.500°W  / -76.000; -72.500 (the Mount Hassage area), but also on the flight southeast to about 79°0′S 43°45′W  /  79.000°S 43.750°W  / -79.000; -43.750 , on which

529-498: Was named by Ronne for John Kirtland Wright , Director of the American Geographical Society , which lent its auspices to Ronne's expedition. 73°58′S 61°05′W  /  73.967°S 61.083°W  / -73.967; -61.083 . An abrupt rock scarp rising to 460 metres (1,510 ft). It forms the north side of the entrance to Wright Inlet. The cape was photographed from the air in 1940 by

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