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{{Short description|Mountain range in the Pensacola Mountains of Antarctica}}
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The '''Forrestal Range''' ({{coord|83|00|S|049|30|W|name=Forrestal Range}}) is a largely snow-covered [[mountain range]], about {{convert|65|nmi}} long, standing east of [[Dufek Massif]] and the [[Neptune Range]] in the [[Pensacola Mountains]], Antarctica.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=252}}

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==Discovery and name==
The Forrestal Range was discovered and photographed on 13 January 1956 on a transcontinental patrol plane flight of [[United States Navy]] [[Operation Deep Freeze]] I from [[McMurdo Sound]] to the vicinity of the [[Weddell Sea]] and return.
It was named by the United States [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) after {{USS|Forrestal|CV-59|6}}, first [[supercarrier]] of the U.S. Navy. 
The entire Pensacola Mountains were mapped by [[United States Geological Survey]] (USGS) in 1967 and 1968 from United States Navy tricamera aerial photographs taken in 1964.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=252}}

==Location==
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[[File:C82045s1 Ant.Map Davis Valley cropped.jpg|thumb|Northern Forrestal Range in center, south of map]]
[[File:Saratoga Table USGS.jpg|thumb|South part of Forrestal Range in northwest of map]]
The Forrestal Range extends in a north-northeast direction along the west side of the [[Support Force Glacier]]. The [[Median Snowfield]] is to its south and the [[Sallee Snowfield]] to its west, separating it from the [[Dufek Massif]]. The [[Ford Ice Piedmont]] is to its north.
Major features from south to north include the [[Saratoga Table]], [[Lexington Table]], [[Kester Peaks]] and [[Mount Malville]].{{sfn|Davis Valley USGS}}{{sfn|Saratoga Table USGS}}

==Major glaciers and snowfields==
*[[Support Force Glacier]] ({{coord|82|45|S|046|30|W|name=Support Force Glacier}}), a major glacier in the [[Pensacola Mountains]], draining northward between the Forrestal Range and [[Argentina Range]] to the [[Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf]].{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=724}}
*[[Median Snowfield]] ({{coord|83|30|S|52|30|W|name=Median Snowfield}}), a large snowfield in the Pensacola Mountains between [[Torbert Escarpment]] and the southern part of the Forrestal Range.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=481}}
*[[Sallee Snowfield]] ({{coord|82|37|S|50|20|W|name=Sallee Snowfield}}), a large snowfield between the [[Dufek Massif]] and northern Forrestal Range.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=644}}
*[[Ford Ice Piedmont]] ({{coord|82|10|S|50|00|W|name=Ford Ice Piedmont}}), the large ice piedmont lying northward of Dufek Massif and Forrestal Range between the lower ends of [[Foundation Ice Stream]] and Support Force Glacier.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=251}}

==Peaks==
Peaks over {{convert|1500|m}} high include:
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|- 
! Mountain !! m !! ft !! coord
{{mountain elev row | [[Burmester Dome]] | 2095 | {{coord|83|22|S|50|56|W |name=Burmester Dome}} }}
{{mountain elev row | [[Mount Stephens (Antarctica)|Mount Stephens]] | 2065 | {{coord|83|23|S|51|27|W |name=Mount Stephens}} }} 
{{mountain elev row | [[Mount Lechner]] | 2030 | {{coord|83|14|S|50|55|W |name=Mount Lechner}} }} 
{{mountain elev row | [[Fierle Peak]] | 1960 | {{coord|83|25|S|50|58|W |name=Fierle Peak}} }} 
{{mountain elev row | [[Dyrdal Peak]] | 1820 | {{coord|83|25|S|51|23|W |name=Dyrdal Peak}} }} 
{{mountain elev row | [[Watts Summit]] | 1785 | {{coord|83|12|S|50|31|W |name=Watts Summit}} }} 
{{mountain elev row | [[Vigen Cliffs]] | 1750 | {{coord|83|23|S|50|07|W |name=Vigen Cliffs}} }} 
{{mountain elev row | [[Gabbro Crest]] | 1750 | {{coord|83|28|S|50|22|W |name=Gabbro Crest}} }} 
{{mountain elev row | [[Sheriff Cliffs]] | 1750 | {{coord|83|24|S|50|37|W |name=Sheriff Cliffs}} }} 
{{mountain elev row | [[Haskill Nunatak]] | 1710 | {{coord|83|24|S|51|45|W |name=Haskill Nunatak}} }}
{{mountain elev row | [[Mount Mann]] | 1680 | {{coord|83|12|S|49|20|W |name=Mount Mann}} }} 
{{mountain elev row | [[Henderson Bluff]] | 1660 | {{coord|83|05|S|50|35|W |name=Henderson Bluff}} }} 
{{mountain elev row | [[Ray Nunatak]] | 1630 | {{coord|83|28|S|51|58|W |name=Ray Nunatak}} }} 
{{mountain elev row | [[Blount Nunatak]] | 1630 | {{coord|83|16|S|51|19|W |name=Blount Nunatak}} }} 
{{mountain elev row | [[Beiszer Nunatak]] | 1630 | {{coord|83|29|S|51|57|W |name=Beiszer Nunatak}} }} 
{{mountain elev row | [[Mount Zirzow]] | 1615 | {{coord|83|08|S|49|06|W |name=Mount Zirzow}} }} 
|}

== Feature groupings==
Features that are the focus of a group of lesser or related features include
* [[Mount Malville]] ({{coord|82|44|S|48|10|W|name=Mount Malville}}), a mountain, {{Convert|1,030|m}} high, standing {{Convert|5|nmi}} southwest of Ackerman Nunatak in the northern part of the Forrestal Range.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=458}}
* [[Kester Peaks]] ({{coord|82|49|S|48|23|W|name=Kester Peaks}}) are three aligned rock peaks standing together {{Convert|5|nmi}} south of [[Mount Malville]] on the east side of the Forrestal Range.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=389}}
* [[Lexington Table]] ({{coord|83|05|S|49|45|W|name=Lexington Table}}), a high, flat, snow-covered plateau, about {{convert|15|nmi}} long and {{convert|10|nmi}} wide, standing just north of [[Kent Gap]] and [[Saratoga Table]].{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=432}}
* [[Saratoga Table]] ({{coord|83|20|S|50|30|W|name=Saratoga Table}}) , a high, flat, snow-covered plateau, {{convert|8|nmi}} long and {{convert|6|nmi}} wide, standing just south of Kent Gap and Lexington Table in the southern Forrestal Range.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=649}}

==References==
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==Sources==
{{refbegin}}
*{{citation|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/fedgov/70039167/report.pdf |accessdate=2023-12-03  |edition=2
 |editor-last=Alberts |title=Geographic Names of the Antarctic |editor-first=Fred G.
 |publisher=United States Board on Geographic Names |year=1995}}  {{Include-USGov |agency=United States Board on Geographic Names}}
*{{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C82045s1_Ant.Map_Davis_Valley.jpg |accessdate=2024-03-22
 |title=Davis Valley |publisher=USGS: United States Geological Survey |ref={{harvid|Davis Valley USGS}} }}
*{{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saratoga_Table_USGS.jpg |accessdate=2024-03-20
 |title=Saratoga Table |publisher=USGS: United States Geological Survey |ref={{harvid|Saratoga Table USGS}} }}
{{refend}}
*{{Include-USGov |agency=United States Geological Survey}}

[[Category:Mountain ranges of Queen Elizabeth Land]]
[[Category:Pensacola Mountains|.]]
[[Category:Transantarctic Mountains]]