Queen Alexandra Range

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Queen Alexandra Range is a major mountain range in Antarctica forming part of the Transantarctic Mountains, known for its high, heavily glaciated peaks and remote polar environment.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Queen Alexandra Range canonical 7

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature ⓘ
mountain range ⓘ
characteristic heavily glaciated ⓘ
high peaks ⓘ
remote polar environment ⓘ
climate polar ice-cap climate ⓘ
contains Commonwealth Glacier ⓘ
Garden Spur ⓘ
Mount Dickerson ⓘ
Mount Elizabeth ⓘ
Mount Falla ⓘ
Mount Fox ⓘ
Mount Ida Scott ⓘ
Mount Kirkpatrick ⓘ
Mount Marshall ⓘ
Mount Robert Scott ⓘ
linked to: Robert Falcon Scott

Mount Stanley ⓘ
Mount Warden ⓘ
Nimrod Glacier (headwaters region) ⓘ
linked to: Nimrod Glacier
continent Antarctica ⓘ
countryClaim New Zealand ⓘ
discoveredBy British National Antarctic Expedition ⓘ
Ernest Shackleton ⓘ
discoveredDuring British National Antarctic Expedition (1901–1904) ⓘ
discoveryYear 1908 ⓘ
extendsFrom Beardmore Glacier ⓘ
extendsTo Mill Glacier ⓘ
geology igneous rocks ⓘ
metamorphic rocks ⓘ
sedimentary rocks ⓘ
highestPeak Mount Kirkpatrick ⓘ
highestPeakElevation 14856 ft ⓘ
4528 m ⓘ
iceCoverage predominantly ice-covered ⓘ
locatedIn Ross Dependency ⓘ
locatedOn east side of Beardmore Glacier ⓘ
namedAfter Queen Alexandra ⓘ
namedFor Alexandra of Denmark ⓘ
near Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ
notableFor dinosaur fossils at Mount Kirkpatrick ⓘ
paleontological discoveries ⓘ
orientation north–south ⓘ
partOf Transantarctic Mountain system ⓘ
Transantarctic Mountains ⓘ
region Transantarctic Mountains sector near Ross Ice Shelf ⓘ
usedAsRoute historic route to Antarctic Plateau ⓘ
usedDuring early Antarctic exploration ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Transantarctic Mountains → contains → Queen Alexandra Range ⓘ
Beardmore Glacier → separates → Queen Alexandra Range ⓘ
Beardmore Glacier → nearbyFeature → Queen Alexandra Range ⓘ
Beacon Supergroup → region → Queen Alexandra Range ⓘ
Ferrar Dolerite → notableExposure → Queen Alexandra Range ⓘ
Mount Kirkpatrick → locatedIn → Queen Alexandra Range ⓘ
Mount Kirkpatrick → mountainRange → Queen Alexandra Range ⓘ