Pensacola Mountains

Pensacola Mountains
Highest point
PeakEngland Peak[1]
Elevation2,150 m (7,050 ft)
Coordinates82°37′S 52°49′W / 82.617°S 52.817°W / -82.617; -52.817 (Pensacola Mountains)
Dimensions
Length450 km (280 mi)
Area86,850 km2 (33,530 sq mi)
Geography
Pensacola Mountains is located in Antarctica
Pensacola Mountains
Pensacola Mountains
Location in Antarctica
ContinentAntarctica
RegionQueen Elizabeth Land
Range coordinates84°2′S 61°22′W / 84.033°S 61.367°W / -84.033; -61.367
Parent rangeTransantarctic Mountains

The Pensacola Mountains (82°37′S 52°49′W / 82.617°S 52.817°W / -82.617; -52.817 (Pensacola Mountains)) are a large group of mountain ranges and peaks that extend 280 nautical miles (520 km; 320 mi) in a northeast–southwest direction in the Transantarctic Mountains System, Queen Elizabeth Land region of Antarctica. They comprise the Argentina Range, Forrestal Range, Dufek Massif, Cordiner Peaks, Neptune Range, Patuxent Range, Rambo Nunataks and Pecora Escarpment. These mountain units lie astride the extensive Foundation Ice Stream and Support Force Glacier which drain northward to the Ronne Ice Shelf.[2]

  1. ^ "Pensacola Mountains". Peakbagger. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  2. ^ Alberts 1995, p. 567.