Argentina Range

Template:Short description Template:Infobox mountain The Argentina Range () is a range of rock peaks and bluffs, long, lying east of the northern part of Forrestal Range in the northeastern portion of the Pensacola Mountains of Antarctica.Template:Sfn

Discovery and name

The Argentina Range was discovered and photographed on January 13, 1956, in the course of a United States Navy transcontinental nonstop plane flight from McMurdo Sound to Weddell Sea and return. It was named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Argentina, which for many years from 1955 maintained a scientific station on the Filchner Ice Shelf at the General Belgrano or Ellsworth Station site. The entire Pensacola Mountains were mapped by United States Geological Survey (1863) in 1967 and 1968 from ground surveys and from United States Navy tricameral photographs taken in 1964.Template:Sfn

Location

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Argentina Range in center of map

The Argentina Range lies between the Support Force Glacier to the west, which separates it from the Forrestal Range, and the East Antarctic Ice Sheet to the east.Template:Sfn The Blackwall Ice Stream joins the Recovery Glacier between the Argentina Range and Whichaway Nunataks.Template:Sfn The range is bisected by the San Martín Glacier, which flows west between the Schneider Hills to the south and the Panzarini Hills to the north. Features of the Schneider Hills include, from south to north, Pujato Bluff, Ruthven Bluff, Sosa Bluff and Lisignoli Bluff. Features of the Panzarini Hills include, from south to north, Vaca Nunatak, Mount Ferrara, Giro Nunatak, Suarez Nunatak, Arcondo Nunatak, Areta Rock and Mount Spann.Template:Sfn

Schneider Hills

. A group of hills lying south of San Martin Glacier and forming the south half of the Argentina Range. Named by US-ACAN for Otto Schneider, chief scientist of the Institute Antartico Argentine in this period.Template:Sfn

Pujato Bluff

. A rock bluff, high, forming the south end of Schneider Hills. Named by US-ACAN for Gen. Hernán Pujato, officer in charge of Argentine wintering parties at General Belgrano Station in 1955 and 1956.Template:Sfn

Ruthven Bluff

. Large rock bluff south of Sosa Bluff. Named by US-ACAN for Richard W. Ruthven, USGS surveyor who visited the bluff in the 1965–66 season.Template:Sfn

Sosa Bluff

. A rock bluff south of Lisignoli Bluff. Named by US-ACAN for Lieutenant O.R. Sosa, Argentine officer in charge of General Belgrano Station, winter 1966.Template:Sfn

Lisignoli Bluff

. A rock bluff, high, forming the north end of Schneider Hills. Named by US-ACAN for Cesar Augusto Lisignoli, Argentine glaciologist and scientific leader at Ellsworth Station, winter 1961.Template:Sfn

Panzarini Hills

. A group of hills lying north of San Martin Glacier and forming the north half of the Argentina Range. Named by US-ACAN for Admiral Rodolfo N. Panzarini, Director of the Instituto Antártico Argentine in this period.Template:Sfn

Vaca Nunatak

. The southernmost nunatak of Panzarini Hills. Named by US-ACAN for Captain José M.T. Vaca, Argentine officer in charge of General Belgrano Station, winter 1961.Template:Sfn

Mount Ferrara

. A mountain, high, standing northeast of Vaca Nunatak. Named by US-ACAN for Chief Aviation Machinists Mate Frederick J. Ferrara, United States Navy, crew chief of the P2V-2N Neptune aircraft making the flight.Template:Sfn

Giró Nunatak

. A nunatak northwest of Vaca Nunatak. Named by US-ACAN for Captain G.A. Gir6, Argentine officer in charge of General Belgrano Station, winter 1965.Template:Sfn

Suarez Nunatak

. A nunatak, high, standing northwest of Mount Ferrara. Named by US-ACAN for Captain Jorge Suarez, Argentine officer in charge at Ellsworth Station, 1959-61.Template:Sfn

Arcondo Nunatak

. A nunatak, high, standing south of Mount Spann. Named by US-ACAN for Mayor Pedro Arcondo, Argentine officer in charge at General Belgrano Station, 1959-61.Template:Sfn

Areta Rock

. A rock southeast of Mount Spann. Named by US-ACAN for Lieutenant Eduardo Ferrin Areta, Argentine officer in charge at Ellsworth Station, winter 1961.Template:Sfn

Mount Spann

. A mountain, high, marking the north extremity of the Panzarini Hills. Named by US-ACAN for Staff Sergeant Robert C. Spann, USMC, navigator of the P2V-2N Neptune aircraft during this flight.Template:Sfn

Sources

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