Transantarctic Mountains

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The Transantarctic Mountains are a vast mountain range that stretches across Antarctica, effectively dividing East and West Antarctica and containing some of the continent’s most significant geological features.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range ⓘ
adjacentTo Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ
Ross Sea ⓘ
Weddell Sea region ⓘ
linked to: Weddell Sea
climate polar desert ⓘ
contains Beacon Supergroup ⓘ
Byrd Glacier ⓘ
Ferrar Dolerite ⓘ
Ferrar Glacier ⓘ
McMurdo Dry Valleys ⓘ
Mount Kirkpatrick ⓘ
Prince Albert Mountains ⓘ
Queen Alexandra Range ⓘ
Queen Maud Mountains ⓘ
Royal Society Range ⓘ
Shackleton Glacier region ⓘ
Skelton Glacier ⓘ
Victory Mountains ⓘ
continent Antarctica ⓘ
country Antarctica ⓘ
discoveredBy James Clark Ross expedition ⓘ
formsBoundaryOf East Antarctic Ice Sheet ⓘ
West Antarctic Ice Sheet ⓘ
linked to: West Antarctica
geologicalAge mainly Paleozoic to Mesozoic ⓘ
hasResearchStationsNearby McMurdo Station ⓘ
Scott Base ⓘ
highestPoint Mount Kirkpatrick ⓘ
iceCover largely ice-covered with some ice-free valleys ⓘ
length about 3500 km ⓘ
namedAfter its position across Antarctica ⓘ
notableFor exposure of ancient sedimentary sequences ⓘ
fossil discoveries including early tetrapods and plants ⓘ
presence of McMurdo Dry Valleys ⓘ
orientation generally north–south ⓘ
partOf Antarctic region ⓘ
primaryRockType igneous rock ⓘ
metamorphic rock ⓘ
sedimentary rock ⓘ
region Oates Land ⓘ
Ross Dependency ⓘ
Victoria Land ⓘ
separates East Antarctica ⓘ
West Antarctica ⓘ
tectonicSetting rift-flank uplift of West Antarctic Rift System ⓘ
usedFor astrobiological analog studies in Dry Valleys ⓘ
glaciological research ⓘ
studies of Antarctic geology and paleoclimate ⓘ

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West Antarctica → boundedBy → Transantarctic Mountains ⓘ
West Antarctica → liesMostlyWestOf → Transantarctic Mountains ⓘ
Ross Dependency → contains → Transantarctic Mountains (portion) ⓘ
linked to: Transantarctic Mountains
Olympus Range → partOf → Transantarctic Mountains ⓘ
Victoria Land → contains → Transantarctic Mountains ⓘ
McMurdo Dry Valleys → partOf → Transantarctic Mountains ⓘ
East Antarctica → hasPart → Transantarctic Mountains foothills ⓘ
linked to: Transantarctic Mountains
Ross Ice Shelf → borderedBy → Transantarctic Mountains ⓘ
Scott Coast → hasNearbyFeature → Transantarctic Mountains ⓘ
Ellsworth Mountains → partOf → Transantarctic Mountains (broad sense/Antarctic mountain systems) ⓘ
linked to: Transantarctic Mountains
Ross Embayment → borderedBy → Transantarctic Mountains ⓘ
Eastern Rift Mountains → partOf → Transantarctic Mountains ⓘ
Eastern Rift Mountains → geologicalSetting → Transantarctic Mountains system ⓘ
linked to: Transantarctic Mountains
Mount Discovery → mountainRange → Transantarctic Mountains ⓘ
Mount Melbourne → mountainRange → Transantarctic Mountains ⓘ
Terror Rift → relatedTo → Transantarctic Mountains uplift ⓘ
linked to: Transantarctic Mountains
Mount Lister → partOf → Transantarctic Mountains ⓘ
Beardmore Glacier → locatedIn → Transantarctic Mountains ⓘ
Beardmore Glacier → featureOf → Transantarctic Mountains system ⓘ
linked to: Transantarctic Mountains
Skelton Glacier → partOf → Transantarctic Mountains region ⓘ
linked to: Transantarctic Mountains
Koettlitz Glacier → partOf → Transantarctic Mountains region ⓘ
linked to: Transantarctic Mountains
Mount Theseus → partOf → Transantarctic Mountains ⓘ
Mount Theseus → geologicalContext → Transantarctic Mountains ⓘ
Mount Peleus → partOf → Transantarctic Mountains ⓘ
Mount Loke → partOf → Transantarctic Mountains ⓘ
Mount Odin → locatedIn → Transantarctic Mountains ⓘ
Mount Apollo → partOf → Transantarctic Mountains ⓘ
Mount Atlas → locatedIn → Transantarctic Mountains ⓘ
Mount Atlas → mountainSystem → Transantarctic Mountains ⓘ
McKelvey Valley → geologicalProvince → Transantarctic Mountains ⓘ
Mount Orestes → partOf → Transantarctic Mountains ⓘ
Mount Orestes → geologicalContext → Transantarctic Mountains ⓘ
Mount Jason → partOf → Transantarctic Mountains ⓘ
Mount Cerberus → partOf → Transantarctic Mountains ⓘ
Victoria Valley → partOf → Transantarctic Mountains ⓘ
New Zealand Antarctic field camps → region → Transantarctic Mountains ⓘ
Byrd Glacier → flowsThrough → Transantarctic Mountains ⓘ
subject linked to: Byrd Glacier, Antarctica
Byrd Glacier → hasNearbyFeature → Transantarctic Mountains ⓘ
subject linked to: Byrd Glacier, Antarctica
Mount Electra → partOf → Transantarctic Mountains ⓘ
McMurdo Volcanic Group → partOf → Transantarctic Mountains region ⓘ
linked to: Transantarctic Mountains
Taylor Valley → partOf → Transantarctic Mountains region ⓘ
linked to: Transantarctic Mountains
Royal Society Range → partOf → Transantarctic Mountains ⓘ
Shackleton Range → partOf → Transantarctic Mountains ⓘ
subject linked to: Shackleton Range in Antarctica
Axel Heiberg Glacier → partOf → Transantarctic Mountains ⓘ
Byrd Glacier system → flowsThrough → Transantarctic Mountains ⓘ
Queen Alexandra Range → partOf → Transantarctic Mountains ⓘ
Queen Alexandra Range → partOf → Transantarctic Mountain system ⓘ
linked to: Transantarctic Mountains
Beacon Supergroup → partOf → Transantarctic Mountains ⓘ
Beacon Supergroup → exposedIn → Transantarctic Mountains ⓘ
Beacon Supergroup → region → Central Transantarctic Mountains ⓘ
linked to: Transantarctic Mountains