Queen Elizabeth Range (Antarctica)
Template:Short description Template:Infobox mountain The Queen Elizabeth Range (Template:Coord) is a rugged mountain range that parallels the eastern side of Marsh Glacier for nearly Template:Cvt from Nimrod Glacier in the north to Law Glacier in the south. Mount Markham, Template:Convert high, is the highest elevation in the range.Template:Sfn
Name
The Queen Elizabeth Range was named by J.H. Miller of the New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE; 1956–58) who, with G.W. Marsh, explored this area. It was named for Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain, the patron of the expedition.Template:Sfn
Location
The Queen Elizabeth Range is bounded to the north by the Nimrod Glacier, which separates it from the Churchill Mountains and Nash Range. To the east the Lowery Glacier and Robb Glacier separate it from the Holland Range. The Law Glacier to the south separates its from the Colbert Hills and Queen Alexandra Range. The Marsh Glacier separates it from the Miller Range to the west.Template:SfnTemplate:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Major glaciers
- Nimrod Glacier (Template:Coord), a major glacier, about Template:Convert long, flowing from the polar plateau in a northerly direction between the Geologists Range and Miller Range, then northeasterly between the Churchill Mountains and Queen Elizabeth Range, and finally spilling into Shackleton Inlet and the Ross Ice Shelf between Cape Wilson and Cape Lyttelton.Template:Sfn
- Lowery Glacier (Template:Coord), a glacier about Template:Convert long, which flows north from Prince Andrew Plateau along the east side of Queen Elizabeth Range to enter Nimrod Glacier.Template:Sfn
- Robb Glacier (Template:Coord), a glacier about Template:Convert long, flowing from Clarkson Peak north along the east side of Softbed Ridges to the Ross Ice Shelf at Cape Goldie.Template:Sfn
- Law Glacier (Template:Coord), a glacier about Template:Convert wide between the south end of Queen Elizabeth Range and the MacAlpine Hills, gradually descending east-north-east from the polar plateau to Bowden Névé.Template:Sfn
- Marsh Glacier (Template:Coord), a glacier about Template:Convert long, flowing north from the polar plateau between the Miller Range and Queen Elizabeth Range into Nimrod Glacier.Template:Sfn
Features
Prominent features or groups of features include:
- Cotton Plateau (Template:Coord), a snow-covered plateau just east of the mouth of Marsh Glacier.Template:Sfn
- Svaton Peaks (Template:Coord), a cluster of rugged peaks at the north end of the Queen Elizabeth Range, surmounting the area between the mouths of the Heilman Glacier and Otago Glacier.Template:Sfn
- Sherwin Peak (Template:Coord), a peak, Template:Convert high, surmounting the east side of Otago Glacier Template:Convert southeast of Mount Chivers, in the north part of the Queen Elizabeth Range.Template:Sfn
- Mount Markham (Template:Coord), a majestic twin-peaked massif surmounting the north end of the Markham Plateau. The peaks have elevations of Template:Convert and Template:Convert.Template:Sfn
- Frigate Range (Template:Coord), a high mountain range extending Template:Convert east from Mount Markham in the Queen Elizabeth Range of Antarctica.Template:Sfn
- Mount Rabot (Template:Coord), a mountain, Template:Convert high, standing Template:Convert southeast of Mount Lecointe.Template:Sfn
- Moore Mountains (Template:Coord), a small but conspicuous group of mountains just north of New Year Pass in the Queen Elizabeth Range in Antarctica.Template:Sfn
- Ārai Terraces (Template:Coord), a series of crevassed terraces and icefalls close southward of Fazekas Hills, near the head of Lowery Glacier.Template:Sfn
- Prince Andrew Plateau (Template:Coord), an ice-covered plateau, about Template:Convert long and Template:Convert wide, lying south of Mount Rabot.Template:Sfn
- Peletier Plateau (Template:Coord), an ice-covered plateau, about Template:Convert long and Template:Convert wide, forming the southern part of Queen Elizabeth Range.Template:Sfn