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Forrestal Range

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23: 206: 214: 30: 1793: 1742: 1567:) , a high, flat, snow-covered plateau, 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) long and 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) wide, standing just south of Kent Gap and Lexington Table in the southern Forrestal Range. 1797: 1746: 1417:), a mountain, 1,030 metres (3,380 ft) high, standing 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) southwest of Ackerman Nunatak in the northern part of the Forrestal Range. 1513:), a high, flat, snow-covered plateau, about 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) long and 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) wide, standing just north of 1817: 22: 272: 1750: 43: 430: 380: 330: 136: 59: 1476: 1269: 1107: 999: 1530: 1380: 1215: 945: 567: 513: 621: 1426: 1323: 891: 837: 783: 1161: 729: 675: 1053: 1827: 1801: 151: 1822: 554: 120:
The Forrestal Range was discovered and photographed on 13 January 1956 on a transcontinental patrol plane flight of
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The Forrestal Range extends in a north-northeast direction along the west side of the
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Features that are the focus of a group of lesser or related features include
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of the U.S. Navy. The entire Pensacola Mountains were mapped by
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is to its north. Major features from south to north include the
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Mountain range in the Pensacola Mountains of Antarctica
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Peaks over 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) high include:
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It was named by the United States 1598: 371:and the southern part of the Forrestal Range. 8: 29: 482: 1467:on the east side of the Forrestal Range. 1818:Mountain ranges of Queen Elizabeth Land 1778:, USGS: United States Geological Survey 1762:, USGS: United States Geological Survey 1751:United States Board on Geographic Names 1706: 1694: 1682: 1670: 1658: 1646: 1634: 1622: 1586: 1576: 137:Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names 7: 233:to its west, separating it from the 1800:from websites or documents of the 1749:from websites or documents of the 14: 1726:Geographic Names of the Antarctic 417:), a large snowfield between the 1796: This article incorporates 1791: 1745: This article incorporates 1740: 28: 21: 1802:United States Geological Survey 152:United States Geological Survey 1723:Alberts, Fred G., ed. (1995), 1: 421:and northern Forrestal Range. 261:Major glaciers and snowfields 47:Forrestal Range in Antarctica 96:) is a largely snow-covered 195:GPX (secondary coordinates) 1844: 471:and Support Force Glacier. 309:), a major glacier in the 190:GPX (primary coordinates) 165:Map all coordinates using 1828:Transantarctic Mountains 319:Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf 229:is to its south and the 173:Download coordinates as: 131:to the vicinity of the 1798:public domain material 1747:public domain material 218: 210: 469:Foundation Ice Stream 300:Support Force Glacier 267:Support Force Glacier 223:Support Force Glacier 216: 208: 185:GPX (all coordinates) 125:Operation Deep Freeze 44:class=notpageimage| 36:Forrestal Range 1823:Pensacola Mountains 1611:Saratoga Table USGS 1542: /  1488: /  1438: /  1392: /  1335: /  1281: /  1227: /  1173: /  1119: /  1065: /  1011: /  957: /  903: /  849: /  795: /  741: /  687: /  633: /  579: /  525: /  442: /  392: /  342: /  311:Pensacola Mountains 284: /  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Index

Forrestal Range is located in Antarctica
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83°00′S 049°30′W / 83.000°S 49.500°W / -83.000; -49.500 (Forrestal Range)
mountain range
Dufek Massif
Neptune Range
Pensacola Mountains
United States Navy
Operation Deep Freeze
McMurdo Sound
Weddell Sea
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
USS Forrestal
supercarrier
United States Geological Survey
OpenStreetMap
KML
GPX (all coordinates)
GPX (primary coordinates)
GPX (secondary coordinates)


Support Force Glacier
Median Snowfield
Sallee Snowfield
Dufek Massif
Ford Ice Piedmont
Saratoga Table
Lexington Table
Kester Peaks

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