Badgers in the Antarctic Marie Dvorzak In recognition of the substantial contributions of researchers from our department, there are numerous Antarctic features named for UW-Madison faculty, staff and students. I would like to compile a complete list of all Wisconsin-named Antarctic features for a permanent library display. With the help of Charles Bentley and Campbell Craddock I have identified the 37 features listed below. If anyone knows of a feature missing from our list please contact me at:
Marie Dvorzak [email protected] Geology and Geophysics Library, UW-Madison 53706 Phone: 608 262-8956; Fax: 608 262-0693
Behrendt, John C., PhD 1961 Black, Robert F., faculty 1956-1970 • Behrendt Mountains 75º20’S, 72º30’W. A group of • Black Glacier 71º40’S, 164º42’E. A broad tributary to the mountains, 20 miles long, aligned in the form of a horseshoe Lillie Glacier flowing NE, marking the SE extent of the with the opening to the SW, standing 7 miles SW of Merrick Bowers Mountains. Mountains in Ellsworth Land. Blankenship, Donald D., PhD 1989 Beitzel, John E., PhD 1972 • Blankenship Glacier 77º59’S, 161º45’E. A steep glacier • Beitzel Peak 80º17’S, 82º18’W. A peak rising 1.5 miles SE which descends N between La Count Mountain and Bubble of Minaret Peak in the Marble Hills, Heritage Range, Spur to enter upper Ferrar Glacier, Victoria Land. Ellsworth Mountains. 0° Bowser, Carl J., faculty, 1964–, emeritus 2000
Bennett, Hugh F., PhD 1968 3 • Bowser, Mount 86º03’S, 155º36’W. A W 0 0° °E • Bennett, Mount 84º49’S, 3 Atlantic prominent peak, 3,655 m, standing 2 178º55’W. A prominent 60°S Ocean miles S of Mount Astor at the N mountain (3,090 m) about 3 end of Fram Mesa, in the Queen miles E of Mount Boyd, Maud Mountains. 6 0 W ° surmounting the W part of ° E 60 Weddell Chamberlin, Thomas C., Anderson Heights, 70°S Sea Queen Maud faculty, university president 80°S 1887-1892 Mountains. Ronne Ice • Chamberlin Glacier Shelf Indian Bentley, Charles R., Bellingshausen ANTARCTICA Ocean 67º34’S, 65º33’W. Glacier Sea
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South Pole 9 1998 9 Whirlwind Inlet about 4 • Bentley, Mount miles SE of Matthes 78º07’S, 86º14’W. Ross Glacier, on the E coast of Amundsen Ice Mountain (4,245 m) Sea Shelf Graham Land. standing 2 miles N of 120 Ross E Mount Anderson in the Sea ° Clough, John W., PhD 1974 ° W 0 2 main western ridge of the 1 • Clough, Mount 85º54’S, Sentinel range, Ellsworth 158º26’W. An ice-free Mountains. mountain, 2,230 m, standing 2 Pacific 500 Km • Bentley Subglacial Trench 150 miles E of Mount Dort, at the S side of Ocean E °W 500 Mi. 0° 80º00’S, 105º00’W. A major 15 Cappellari Glacier, in the Queen Maud
subglacial trench of West Antarctica 180°E Mountains. which lies S of Byrd Subglacial Basin and is separated from it by a ridge except for a juncture of the two Craddock, J. Campbell, faculty 1967–, emeritus 1996 features near their E termination. A maximum depth of - • Craddock, Mount 78º38’S, 85º12’W. A large, bold 2540 m is reported in the W part of the trench. mountain (4,650 m) that marks the highest point on the southern end of Vinson Massif in the Sentinel Range. Berg, Thomas Eric, BS 1957 Ellsworth Mountains. • Berg Peak 71º32’S, 161º47’E. A prominent peak (1,870m) standing 3 miles S of El Pulgar in northern Morozumi Dott, Robert H., faculty 1958–, emeritus 1994 Range. Berg perished in a helicopter crash near Mount • Dott Ice Rise 79º18’S, 81º48’W. A peninsula-like feature McLennan, Nov. 19, 1969. that is ice-drowned except for the Barrett Nunataks, about 20 miles long, extending eastward from the Heritage Range of the Ellsworth Mountains and terminating at Constellation Inlet at the SW edge of Ronne Ice Shelf.
46 Department of Geology and Geophysics • University of Wisconsin-Madison Dowling, Forrest L., PhD 1968 Sporli, Bernhard N., research associate • Dowling, Mount 72º27’S, 98º08’W. Small mountain • Sporli, Mount 79º33’S, 83º36’W. A prominent mountain, overlooking the S coast of Thurston Island, about 13 miles E 2,255m, standing at the E side of the head of Driscoll of Von der Wall Point. Glacier in the Pioneer Heights, Heritage Range, Ellsworth Mountains. Giovinetto, Mario B., PhD 1968, geography • Giovinetto, Mount 78º16’S, 86º10’W. The summit of a Thiel, Edward C., PhD 1955 buttress-type mountain (4,090m) located 2 miles N of • Thiel Mountains 85º15’S, 91º00’W. Isolated, mainly snow- Mount Ostenso in the main ridge of the Sentinel Range, capped mountains, 45 miles long, located roughly between Ellsworth Mountains. the Horlick Mountains and the Pensacola Mountains and extending from Moulton Escarpment on the west to Nolan Halpern, Martin, PhD 1963 Pillar on the east. • Halpern Point. 63º18’S, 57º50’W. A point on the northern • Thiel Trough 81º30’S, 57º00’W. A submarine trough coast of Trinity Peninsula directly south of the eastern part trending NE-SW with depths reaching to 1,500 m below sea of the Duroch Islands. level. Jezek, Kenneth C., PhD 1980 Thwaites, Fredrik T., faculty 1916-1957 • Jezek Glacier 77º59’S, 162º13’E. A glacier on the SE side • Thwaites Glacier 75º30’S, 106º45’W. A broad glacier of Platform Spur, flowing NE into Emmanuel Glacier in the flowing into Amundsen Sea about 30 miles E of Mount Royal Society Range, Victoria Land. Murphy, Marie Byrd Land. Though imperfectly delineated, the glacier has tremendous flow. Jiracek, George R., MS 1966 • Thwaites Glacier Tongue 75º00’S, 106º50’W. A glacier • Jiracek, Mount 73º46’S, 163º56’E. A mountain (2,430 m) tongue, about 20 miles wide and 40 miles long, which is the rising at the W side of the head of Tinker Glacier, in the seaward extension of Thwaites Glacier into the Amundsen southern Cross Mountains of Victoria Land. Sea. Laudon, Thomas Stanzel., PhD 1963 • Thwaites Iceberg Tongue 74º00’S, 108º30’W. A very large • Laudon, Mount 74º13’S, 64º03’W. Prominent mountain and rather compact iceberg tongue which is aground and lies standing 7 miles N of Mount Crowell in the NW part of in the Amundsen Sea, about 20 miles NE of Bear Peninsula, Guettard Range, in southern Palmer Land. Marie Byrd Land. Long, Jack B., staff Weihaupt, John G., BS 1952, MS 1953 • Long Gables 78º11’S, 86º14’W. Prominent twin peaks • Weihaupt, Mount 72º37‚S, 161º03‚W. A large, bare (4,150m and 4,110 m) joined by a col. The lower rock mountain (2,285 m) which stands 10 mi E of Mount Bower exposures are in the form of steep buttresses. The peaks rise and is the dominant feature in the E part of the Outback from the main ridge of the Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Nunataks. Mountains between Mounts Anderson and Viets. • Wisconsin Islands 63º17’S, 57º51’W. A group of a dozen or Mudrey, Michael G., Jr., faculty, staff, Wisconsin Geological more small rocky islands which lie 1 mile NE of Largo and Natural History Survey Island in the NE part of the Duroch Islands. Named after the • Mudrey Cirque 77º39’S, 160º44'. A cirque between University of Wisconsin-Madison. Northwest Mountain and West Groin in the S part of Asgard • Wisconsin Plateau 85º48’S, 125º24’W. A large ice-capped Range, Victoria Land. plateau with general elevations above 2,800 m, comprising Ostenso, Ned A., PhD 1962, faculty 1963-1966 most of the upland surface area of the Wisconsin Range, • Ostenso, Mount 78º18’S, 86º11’W. A mountain (4,180 m) 2 Horlick Mountains. miles S of Mount Giovinetto in the main ridge of the • Wisconsin Range 85º45’S, 125º00’W. A major mountain Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. range of the Horlick Mountains, comprising the Wisconsin Robertson, James D., PhD 1975 Plateau and numerous glaciers, ridges and peaks bounded by • Robertson Ridge 77º24’S, 162º12’E. A ridge circumscribing the Reedy Glacier, Shimizu Ice Stream, Horlick Ice Stream the NW part of Clark Glacier in Victoria Land. and the interior ice plateau. Named for the University of Wisconsin, Madison which has sent numerous researchers to Robinson, Edwin S., PhD 1964 Antarctica. • Robinson Heights 71º22’S, 166º40’E. The mainly ice- covered heights (2,170 m), elliptical in plan and 15 miles Wold, Richard J., PhD 1966 long, which rise S of Anare Pass and form the NW end of • Wold Nunatak 74º47’S, 98º38’W. A nunatak standing 10 the Admiralty Mountains. miles E of Mount Manthe in the SE part of the Hudson Mountains. Sonntag, Wayne, staff, operation director, UW Geophysical and Polar Research Center Woollard, George P., faculty, 1949-1962 • Sonntag Nunatak 84º53’S, 86º42’W. A solitary nunatak • Woollard, Mount 80º33’S, 96º43’W. An isolated mountain located 20 miles ENE of Hamilton cliff, Ford Massif, of the (2,675 m) with only Mount Moore nearby 8 miles to the Thiel Mountains. north. It stands nearly 150 miles W of the Heritage Range, Ellsworth Mountains. http://www.geology.wisc.edu 2000 The Outcrop 47