Feature Name (see definition): Traverse Mountains

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 15486

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 69° 57' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 067° 54' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -69.95

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -67.9

Elevation (see definition): 1550

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1955

Description (see definition): Group of almost ice-free mountains, rising to c. 1,550 m, and including McHugo Peak, Mount Noel, Mount Allan and Mount Eissinger, between Eureka Glacier and Riley Glacier, E of Warren Ice Piedmont, in western Palmer Land. These mountains were first photographed from the air on Nov. 23, 1935, by Lincoln Ellsworth and were mapped from these photographs by W.L.G. Joerg. First surveyed in 1936 by the British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) under Rymill and resurveyed in 1948 by the Falklands Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS). The name was first used by British Graham Land Expedition (BGLE) sledging parties because the mountains are an important landmark in the overland traverse from the Wordie Ice Shelf, down Eureka Glacier, to George VI Sound.

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