Bush Mountains

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Template:Infobox mountain The Bush Mountains is a series of rugged elevations at the heads of the Ramsey and Kosco glaciers in Antarctica. The Bush Mountains extend from Mount Weir in the west to Anderson Heights overlooking Shackleton Glacier in the east.Template:Sfn

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Exploration and naming

They were photographed at a distance by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (Byrd AE) on several flights to the Queen Maud Mountains in November 1929. The mountains were further defined from aerial photographs taken by the USAS (1939–41), US Navy Operation Highjump (1946–47), and USN Operation Deep Freeze (1956–63). The Bush Mountains were named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-SCAN) on the recommendation of Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, after James I. Bush, United States financier and patron of the Byrd AE, 1928–30.Template:Sfn

Location

The Bush Mountains are at the head of the Ramsey Glacier and its tributary the Bowin Glacier. Features, from west to east, include Fulgham Ridge, Mount Weir, McIntyre Promontory,Template:Sfn Mount Cromie, Mount Boyd and Mount Bennett. The mountains terminate at Anderson Heights and Cascade Bluff to the east, at the head of Kosco Glacier and Mincey Glacier.Template:Sfn

Features

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Bush Mountains to the southeast of the map
File:C84165s1 Ant.Map Shackleton Glacier.jpg
Bush Mountains to the southwest of the map

Geographical features and nearby features include:

Mount Weir

Script error: No such module "Coordinates".. A steep section of the polar plateau escarpment with almost all of the rock exposed facing northeast, standing just south of the base of Fulgham Ridge at the head of Ramsey Glacier. Discovered and photographed by United States Navy Operation Highjump on Flight 8A of Feb. 16, 1947, and named by United States [[Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names]] (US-ACAN) for Maj. Robert R. Weir, United States Marine Corps, pilot of this flight.Template:Sfn

Mount Cromie

Script error: No such module "Coordinates".. A snow-covered mountain, Script error: No such module "convert". high, rising Script error: No such module "convert". southeast of Mount Boyd in the Bush Mountains. Discovered and photographed by the United States Antarctic Service, 1939-41. Surveyed by A.P. Crary, leader of the United States Ross Ice Shelf Traverse Party (1957-58), and named by him for William Cromie, assistant glaciologist with the party.Template:Sfn

Mount Boyd

Script error: No such module "Coordinates".. A pyramidal mountain, Script error: No such module "convert". high, standing Script error: No such module "convert". west of Mount Bennett, in the Bush Mountains. Discovered and photographed by the United States Antarctic Service, 1939-41. Surveyed by A.P. Crary, leader of the United States Ross Ice Shelf Traverse Party (1957-58), and named by him for Walter Boyd, Jr., glaciologist with the party.Template:Sfn

Mount Bennett

Script error: No such module "Coordinates".. A prominent mountain, Script error: No such module "convert". high, about Script error: No such module "convert". east of Mount Boyd, surmounting the west part of Anderson Heights, Queen Maud Mountains. Discovered by the United States Antarctic Service (1939-41), and surveyed by the United States Ross Ice Shelf Traverse Party (1957-58) led by A.P. Crary. Named by Crary for Hugh Bennett, seismologist with the party.Template:Sfn

Cascade Bluff

Script error: No such module "Coordinates".. A low, mainly ice-covered bluff that forms the southwest wall of Mincey Glacier in the Queen Maud Mountains. The feature was so named by the Texas Tech-Shackleton Glacier Party, 1962-63, because water cascades over the bluff during warm periods.Template:Sfn

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