Clark Mountains
Template:Short description Template:Infobox mountain The Clark Mountains (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".) are a group of low mountains rising above Script error: No such module "convert". located in the Ford Ranges, Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. They are about Script error: No such module "convert". east of the Allegheny Mountains.Template:Sfn
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Location
The Clark Mountains are north of the head of the Boyd Glacier, northeast of the Mackay Mountains and east of the Allegheny Mountains. Features include, from west to east, Mount Atwood, Mount Jones, Mount Burnham, Mount Van Valkenburg, Mount Maglione, Mount Ekblaw and the Kelly Nunataks.Template:Sfn
Discovery and name
The Clark Mountains were discovered and photographed on aerial flights in 1940 by the United States Antarctic Service (USAS) and named for Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts.Template:Sfn
Features
Mount Atwood
Script error: No such module "Coordinates".. A mountain, Script error: No such module "convert". high, at the west edge of the Clark Mountains. Discovered by the USAS in 1940 on aerial flights from the West Base. Named by the USAS for the late president emeritus W.W. Atwood, Sr., of Clark University, noted geologist and geographer, and his son, W.W. Atwood, Jr., who collaborated with his father in glaciological studies.Template:Sfn
Mount Jones
Script error: No such module "Coordinates".. The northernmost summit of the Clark Mountains. Discovered on aerial flights from West Base of the USAS in 1940. Named for Clarence F. Jones, Professor of Geography at Clark University.Template:Sfn
Mount Burnham
Script error: No such module "Coordinates".. A mountain, Script error: No such module "convert". high, standing Script error: No such module "convert". north of Mount Van Valkenburg. Discovered on aerial flights from West Base of the USAS in 1940 and named for Guy Burnham, Cartographer in the School of Geography of Clark University.Template:Sfn
Mount Van Valkenburg
Script error: No such module "Coordinates".. A mountain, Script error: No such module "convert". high, standing Script error: No such module "convert". south of Mount Burnham. Discovered on aerial flights from West Base of the USAS (1939–41). Named for Professor. Samuel Van Valkenburg, Director of the School of Geography at Clark University.Template:Sfn
Mount Maglione
Script error: No such module "Coordinates".. A low mountain Script error: No such module "convert". northeast of Mount Ekblaw. Mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant (j.g.) Charles R. Maglione, United States Navy Reserve, navigator on LC-130F Hercules aircraft during Operation Deep Freeze 1968.Template:Sfn
Mount Ekblaw
Script error: No such module "Coordinates".. A mountain, Script error: No such module "convert". high, standing Script error: No such module "convert". east of Mount Van Valkenburg in the east part of the Clark Mountains. Discovered on aerial flights from the West Base of the USAS in 1940. Named for W.E. Ekblaw, professor of geography at Clark University and a member of the Crocker Land Expedition in the Arctic (1913-17).Template:Sfn
Kelly Nunataks
Script error: No such module "Coordinates".. The nunataks that mark the east extremity of the Clark Mountains. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by US-ACAN for John David Kelly, United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) ionospheric physicist at Byrd Station, 1968.Template:Sfn
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