Aramis Range

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On the continent of Antarctica, the Aramis Range is the third range south in the Prince Charles Mountains, situated 11 miles southeast of the Porthos Range and extending for about 30 miles in a southwest–northeast direction. It was first visited in January 1957 by Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) southern party led by W.G. Bewsher, who named it for a character in Alexandre Dumas' novel The Three Musketeers, the most popular book read on the southern journey.[1]

Aramis Range
Aramis Range is located in Antarctica
Aramis Range
Aramis Range
Highest point
PeakMount Abbs
Elevation2,135 m (7,005 ft)
Geography
Parent rangePrince Charles Mountains

Features

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Amery Peaks

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The Amery Peaks (70°36′S 67°25′E / 70.600°S 67.417°E / -70.600; 67.417 (Amery Peaks)) are a group of peaks which extend for about 18 nautical miles (33 km) along the southeast side of Nemesis Glacier. They were discovered by the ANARE southern party of 1956–57 and so named because of their proximity to the Amery Ice Shelf.

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Nunataks

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Glaciers

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Other features

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  • Beaver Lake is a lake of smooth ice, 11.3 km (7.0 mi) long and 8 km (5.0 mi) wide, enclosed on the south and east by Flagstone Bench and Jetty Peninsula. The lake is situated at the south end of an area of rough ice (a stagnant glacier), 17 mi ESE of the Aramis Range. Discovered by ANARE personnel in 1956. An ANARE camp was established in the vicinity in September 1957 and the lake was used extensively as a landing area by Beaver aircraft.[6] Beaver Lake is an epishelf lake. The outflow water, that makes the lake; is dammed by an ice shelf. Elevation: 0 m (0 ft).[7] Total area: ~ 130 km2 (50 sq mi).[8] Maximum depth, of fresh water: 220 m (720 ft), to 260 m (850 ft).[9] Maximum depth, down to bedrock or seabed: 435 m (1,427 ft).[10]
  • Dart Moraine (70°54′S 68°0′E / 70.900°S 68.000°E / -70.900; 68.000) is an area of brown moraine, extending for 7 nautical miles (13 km) south of Radok Lake and Pagodroma Gorge and west of Flagstone Bench, at the eastern end of the Aramis Range. It was photographed by ANARE in 1956. This moraine was crossed many times in January–February 1969 by J. Dart, radio officer with the ANARE party camped at Radok Lake on his way to the aircraft landing strip used to supply the camp.
  • Else Platform (70°22′S 66°48′E / 70.367°S 66.800°E / -70.367; 66.800) is an elevated, flat-topped mass of rock at the north end of Jetty Peninsula. The feature was the site of a survey station occupied by M.N. Rubeli, a surveyor with the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey in 1969. It was named after H. Else, a helicopter pilot with the survey.
  • Flagstone Bench (70°51′S 68°12′E / 70.850°S 68.200°E / -70.850; 68.200) is a large rock bench which is littered with flaggy slabs of sandstone, bordering the southeast sides of Radok Lake and Beaver Lake. It was visited by ANARE survey parties in 1957 and 1958; the descriptive name was applied by ANCA.
  • Francey Hill (70°43′S 67°2′E / 70.717°S 67.033°E / -70.717; 67.033) is a low, snow-covered rock feature about 3 nautical miles (6 km) south of Mount McKenzie. It was plotted from ANARE air photos taken in 1960, and was named by ANCA for R.J. Francey, a cosmic ray physicist at Mawson Station in 1964.
  • Grainger Valley (70°45′S 67°52′E / 70.750°S 67.867°E / -70.750; 67.867) is a valley 12 nautical miles (22 km) long and up to 1 nautical mile (2 km) wide separating Manning Massif and McLeod Massif. It was photographed from ANARE aircraft in 1956, and was first crossed on foot on 1 February 1969 by geologist David John Grainger and surveyor Jeff Fox during the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey. It was later named by ANCA for Grainger.[11]
     
    David Grainger on the Glacial Moraine at the edge of Grainger Valley
  • Harvey Ridge is a ridge, elongated in a north–south direction, lying 2 nautical miles (4 km) east of Husky Massif in the Aramis Range. It was plotted from ANARE air photos, and was named by ANCA for S.T. Harvey, a senior technician (electronics) at Wilkes Station in 1965.
  • Husky Massif (71°0′S 65°9′E / 71.000°S 65.150°E / -71.000; 65.150) is a rock outcrop 2,100 metres (6,900 ft) high, about 2.5 nautical miles (5 km) long, standing 6.5 nautical miles (12 km) southwest of Mount Bewsher. It was first sighted from Mount Bewsher by an ANARE field party in January 1957 and named "Husky Dome" to commemorate the sledge dogs used by the party. The earlier name was amended to Husky Massif by ANARE in 1970 and is considered more descriptive.
  • Jetty Peninsula is an elongated, steep-sided, almost flat-topped peninsula that extends northward from just east of Beaver Lake for about 30 miles into the Amery Ice Shelf. After an ANARE aircraft discovered it in 1956, ANCA named the formation for its resemblance to a jetty.[12]
  • Loewe Massif (70°34′S 68°0′E / 70.567°S 68.000°E / -70.567; 68.000) is a large rock massif in the eastern part of the Aramis Range. The surface of the massif is largely an undulating plateau from which Mount Loewe and the Medvecky Peaks rise. The plateau lies at an average elevation of 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) above sea level and 600 metres (2,000 ft) above the ice on its northern flank. It was discovered by the ANARE southern party in1956. The name of the massif derives from Mount Loewe.
  • Manning Massif (70°42′S 67°50′E / 70.700°S 67.833°E / -70.700; 67.833) is a large rock massif between Loewe Massif and McLeod Massif in the eastern part of the Aramis Range. It was plotted from air photographs, and was first visited by a party from the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey in 1969. The massif was named by ANCA for J. Manning, a surveyor at Mawson Station in 1967, and surveyor-in-charge of field survey operations during the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains surveys of 1969, 1971 and 1972.
  • McLaren Ridge (70°52′S 67°38′E / 70.867°S 67.633°E / -70.867; 67.633) is a rock ridge at the head of Battye Glacier, about 5 nautical miles (9 km) west of Radok Lake. It was plotted from ANARE air photos taken in 1956 and 1960, and was named by ANCA for William Allen McLaren, a glaciologist at Wilkes Station in 1965.
  • McLean Ridge (70°44′S 66°51′E / 70.733°S 66.850°E / -70.733; 66.850) is a small, partly ice-covered ridge about 3 nautical miles (6 km) southeast of Mount Butterworth. It was plotted from ANARE air photos taken in 1956 and 1960, and was named by ANCA for C.V. McLean, a senior diesel mechanic at Wilkes Station in 1963.
  • McLeod Massif (70°46′S 68°0′E / 70.767°S 68.000°E / -70.767; 68.000) is a large rock massif just south of Manning Massif in the eastern part of the Aramis Range. It was plotted from air photographs, and first visited by the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey in 1969. The feature was named by ANCA for I.R. McLeod, geologist-in-charge of geological field operations during the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains surveys of 1969 and 1970.
  • Murray Dome (70°42′S 67°12′E / 70.700°S 67.200°E / -70.700; 67.200) is a dome-shaped rock feature about 3 nautical miles (6 km) southeast of Mount McKenzie. Plotted from ANARE air photos taken in 1956 and 1960. Named by ANCA for Dr. L. Murray, medical officer at Macquarie Island in 1963 and at Wilkes Station in 1964.
  • Radok Lake is a meltwater lake about four miles (6.4 km) long and marked by a slender glacier tongue feeding into it from the west, lying three miles (4.8 km) south-west of Beaver Lake and 15 miles (24 km) south-east of the Aramis Range.
  • Saxton Ridge (70°37′S 66°52′E / 70.617°S 66.867°E / -70.617; 66.867) is a mountain ridge just south of Thomson Massif. Plotted from ANARE air photos taken in 1956. Named by ANCA for R.A. Saxton, officer in charge at Wilkes Station in 1963.
  • Thomson Massif (70°35′S 66°48′E / 70.583°S 66.800°E / -70.583; 66.800) is a rock massif from which rise Mount Sundberg and Mount McGregor. Plotted from ANARE air photos taken in 1956 and 1960. Named by ANCA for R.B. Thomson, officer in charge at Wilkes Station in 1962.
  • Walker Valley (70°41′S 67°33′E / 70.683°S 67.550°E / -70.683; 67.550) is a large, wide, snow-filled valley lying immediately west of Manning Massif. Mapped from ANARE air photographs. Named by ANCA for K.G. Walker, expedition assistant with the ANARE Prince Charles Mountains survey party in 1970.
  • White Massif (70°32′S 67°13′E / 70.533°S 67.217°E / -70.533; 67.217) is a rock massif about 3 nautical miles (6 km) east-northeast of Thomson Massif in the Aramis Range Plotted from ANARE air photos taken in 1956 and 1960. Named by ANCA for R.F. White, senior technician (electronics) at Mawson Station in 1963 who died there on 18 October 1963.

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References

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  1. ^ "Aramis Range". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
  2. ^ "Prince Charles Mountains". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 28 September 2005.
  3. ^ "Loewe Massif". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
  4. ^ Laybourn-Parry, Johanna (2014). Antarctic Lakes. Jemma L. Wadham (1st ed.). Oxford, United Kingdom. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-19-967049-9. OCLC 879627701.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ^ Wagner, Bernd; Cremer, Holger (2006), Fütterer, Dieter Karl; Damaske, Detlef; Kleinschmidt, Georg; Miller, Hubert (eds.), "Limnology and Sedimentary Record of Radok Lake, Amery Oasis, East Antarctica", Antarctica, Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, pp. 447–454, doi:10.1007/3-540-32934-x_57, ISBN 978-3-540-30673-3, retrieved 20 July 2022
  6. ^ "Beaver Lake". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 27 July 2010.
  7. ^ Beaver Lake, on utas.edu.au
  8. ^ Beaver Lake, on utas.edu.au
  9. ^ Beaver Lake, on utas.edu.au
  10. ^ Beaver Lake, on oup.com
  11. ^ MCLOUGHLIN, STEPHEN; DRINNAN, ANDREW N. (May 1997). "Revised stratigraphy of the Permian Bainmedart Coal Measures, northern Prince Charles Mountains, East Antarctica". Geological Magazine. 134 (3): 335–353. Bibcode:1997GeoM..134..335M. doi:10.1017/s0016756897006870. ISSN 0016-7568. S2CID 129309737.
  12. ^ "Jetty Peninsula". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 27 July 2010.

70°37′S 67°00′E / 70.617°S 67.000°E / -70.617; 67.000