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class="vector-toc-link" href="#Queen_Maud_Mountains"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>Queen Maud Mountains</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Queen_Maud_Mountains-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-"Southern"_TAM" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#"Southern"_TAM"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4</span> <span>"Southern" TAM</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-"Southern"_TAM-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D9%84%D9%84%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%B7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9" title="سلسلة الجبال العابرة للقارة القطبية الجنوبية – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="سلسلة الجبال العابرة للقارة القطبية الجنوبية" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montes_Tresant%C3%A1rticos" title="Montes Tresantárticos – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Montes Tresantárticos" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transantarktika_da%C4%9Flar%C4%B1" title="Transantarktika dağları – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Transantarktika dağları" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B8-%E0%A6%85%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE" title="ট্রান্স-অ্যান্টার্কটিক পর্বতমালা – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ট্রান্স-অ্যান্টার্কটিক পর্বতমালা" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%83%D2%99%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Трансантарктик тауҙар – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Трансантарктик тауҙар" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%8B%D1%87%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%8F_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8B" title="Трансантарктычныя горы – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Трансантарктычныя горы" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%8B%D1%87%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%8F_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8B" title="Трансантарктычныя горы – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Трансантарктычныя горы" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8" title="Трансантарктически планини – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Трансантарктически планини" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transantarkti%C4%8Dke_planine" title="Transantarktičke planine – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Transantarktičke planine" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muntanyes_Transant%C3%A0rtiques" title="Muntanyes Transantàrtiques – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Muntanyes Transantàrtiques" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transantarctic_Mountains" title="Transantarctic Mountains – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Transantarctic Mountains" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transantarktick%C3%A9_poho%C5%99%C3%AD" title="Transantarktické pohoří – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Transantarktické pohoří" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mynyddoedd_Trawsantarctig" title="Mynyddoedd Trawsantarctig – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Mynyddoedd Trawsantarctig" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transantarktiske_bjergk%C3%A6de" title="Transantarktiske bjergkæde – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Transantarktiske bjergkæde" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transantarktisches_Gebirge" title="Transantarktisches Gebirge – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Transantarktisches Gebirge" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transantarktika_m%C3%A4estik" title="Transantarktika mäestik – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Transantarktika mäestik" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A5%CF%80%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%BA%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AC_%CE%8C%CF%81%CE%B7" title="Υπερανταρκτικά Όρη – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Υπερανταρκτικά Όρη" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monta%C3%B1as_Transant%C3%A1rticas" title="Montañas Transantárticas – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Montañas Transantárticas" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transantarkta_montaro" title="Transantarkta montaro – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Transantarkta montaro" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendi_Transantartikoak" title="Mendi Transantartikoak – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Mendi Transantartikoak" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%87%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%86" title="کوهستان سراسری جنوبگان – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کوهستان سراسری جنوبگان" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr badge-Q17437796 badge-featuredarticle mw-list-item" title="featured article badge"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cha%C3%AEne_Transantarctique" title="Chaîne Transantarctique – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Chaîne Transantarctique" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montes_Transant%C3%A1rticos" title="Montes Transantárticos – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Montes Transantárticos" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%82%A8%EA%B7%B9%ED%9A%A1%EB%8B%A8%EC%82%B0%EB%A7%A5" title="남극횡단산맥 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="남극횡단산맥" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8F%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%BD%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%BF%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%AF%D5%BF%D5%AB%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%AC%D5%A5%D5%BC%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80" title="Տրանսանտարկտիկական լեռներ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Տրանսանտարկտիկական լեռներ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0-%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A4" title="पार-अंटार्कटिक पर्वत – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" 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#E7DCC3;">Transantarctic Mountains</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="padding: 0.3em 0.2em 0.2em 0.2em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Transantarctic_mountain_hg.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Transantarctic_mountain_hg.jpg/272px-Transantarctic_mountain_hg.jpg" decoding="async" width="272" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Transantarctic_mountain_hg.jpg/408px-Transantarctic_mountain_hg.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Transantarctic_mountain_hg.jpg/544px-Transantarctic_mountain_hg.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2563" data-file-height="1652" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="padding: 0.2em 0em;">The Transantarctic Mountains in northern <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Land" title="Victoria Land">Victoria Land</a> near <a href="/wiki/Cape_Roberts" class="mw-redirect" title="Cape Roberts">Cape Roberts</a></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #E7DCC3;">Highest point</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Peak</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mount_Kirkpatrick" title="Mount Kirkpatrick">Mount Kirkpatrick</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Summit" title="Summit">Elevation</a></th><td class="infobox-data">4,528 m (14,856 ft)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Transantarctic_Mountains&params=84_20_S_166_25_E_type:mountain"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">84°20′S</span> <span class="longitude">166°25′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">84.333°S 166.417°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-84.333; 166.417</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #E7DCC3;">Dimensions</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">3,500 km (2,200 mi)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #E7DCC3;">Geography</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="padding:0.2em 0.2em 0.2em 0.2em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Transantarctic_mountains_highlighted.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Transantarctic_mountains_highlighted.jpg/272px-Transantarctic_mountains_highlighted.jpg" decoding="async" width="272" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Transantarctic_mountains_highlighted.jpg/408px-Transantarctic_mountains_highlighted.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Transantarctic_mountains_highlighted.jpg/544px-Transantarctic_mountains_highlighted.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6963" data-file-height="5809" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Continent</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Antarctica" title="Antarctica">Antarctica</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Range coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Transantarctic_Mountains&params=85_S_175_W_type:mountain_scale:17500000"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">85°S</span> <span class="longitude">175°W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">85°S 175°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-85; -175</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #E7DCC3;">Geology</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geological_time_scale" class="mw-redirect" title="Geological time scale">Rock age</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Cenozoic</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Transantarctic Mountains</b> (abbreviated <b>TAM</b>) comprise a <a href="/wiki/Mountain_range" title="Mountain range">mountain range</a> of uplifted rock (primarily <a href="/wiki/Sedimentary_rock" title="Sedimentary rock">sedimentary</a>) in <a href="/wiki/Antarctica" title="Antarctica">Antarctica</a> which extends, with some interruptions, across the continent from <a href="/wiki/Cape_Adare" title="Cape Adare">Cape Adare</a> in northern <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Land" title="Victoria Land">Victoria Land</a> to <a href="/wiki/Coats_Land" title="Coats Land">Coats Land</a>. These mountains divide <a href="/wiki/East_Antarctica" title="East Antarctica">East Antarctica</a> and <a href="/wiki/West_Antarctica" title="West Antarctica">West Antarctica</a>. They include a number of separately named mountain groups, which are often again subdivided into smaller ranges. </p><p>The range was first sighted by <a href="/wiki/James_Clark_Ross" title="James Clark Ross">James Clark Ross</a> in 1841 at what was later named the <a href="/wiki/Ross_Ice_Shelf" title="Ross Ice Shelf">Ross Ice Shelf</a> in his honour. It was first crossed during the <a href="/wiki/British_National_Antarctic_Expedition" class="mw-redirect" title="British National Antarctic Expedition">British National Antarctic Expedition</a> of 1901-1904. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transantarctic_Mountains&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_Transantarctic_Mountains.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Map_of_Transantarctic_Mountains.jpg/220px-Map_of_Transantarctic_Mountains.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="163" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Map_of_Transantarctic_Mountains.jpg/330px-Map_of_Transantarctic_Mountains.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Map_of_Transantarctic_Mountains.jpg/440px-Map_of_Transantarctic_Mountains.jpg 2x" data-file-width="865" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption>Map of the Transantarctic Mountains</figcaption></figure> <p>The mountain range stretches between the <a href="/wiki/Ross_Sea" title="Ross Sea">Ross Sea</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Weddell_Sea" title="Weddell Sea">Weddell Sea</a>, the entire width of Antarctica, hence the name. With a total length of about 3,500 km (2,000 mi), the Transantarctic Mountains are one of the longest mountain ranges on Earth. The <a href="/wiki/Antarctandes" title="Antarctandes">Antarctandes</a> are even longer, having in common with the Transantarctic Mountains the ranges from <a href="/wiki/Cape_Adare" title="Cape Adare">Cape Adare</a> to the Queen Maud Mountains, but extending thence through the <a href="/wiki/Whitmore_Mountains" title="Whitmore Mountains">Whitmore Mountains</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ellsworth_Mountains" title="Ellsworth Mountains">Ellsworth Mountains</a> up the <a href="/wiki/Antarctic_Peninsula" title="Antarctic Peninsula">Antarctic Peninsula</a>. The 100–300 km (60–200 mi) wide range forms the boundary between East Antarctica and West Antarctica. The East Antarctic Ice Sheet bounds the TAM along their entire length on the Eastern Hemisphere side, while the Western Hemisphere side of the range is bounded by the Ross Sea in <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Land" title="Victoria Land">Victoria Land</a> from Cape Adare to <a href="/wiki/McMurdo_Sound" title="McMurdo Sound">McMurdo Sound</a>, the Ross Ice Shelf from McMurdo Sound to near the Scott Glacier, and the West Antarctic Ice Sheet beyond. </p><p>The large summits and dry valleys of the TAM are some of the few places in Antarctica not covered by ice, the highest of which rise more than 4,500 metres (14,800 ft) above sea level. The <a href="/wiki/McMurdo_Dry_Valleys" title="McMurdo Dry Valleys">McMurdo Dry Valleys</a> lie near McMurdo Sound and represent a special Antarctic phenomenon: landscapes that are snow and ice-free due to the extremely limited precipitation and ablation of ice in the valleys. The highest mountain of the TAM is the 4,528 m (14,856 ft) high <a href="/wiki/Mount_Kirkpatrick" title="Mount Kirkpatrick">Mount Kirkpatrick</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Queen_Alexandra_Range" title="Queen Alexandra Range">Queen Alexandra Range</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biology">Biology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transantarctic_Mountains&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Biology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Antarctic_realm" title="Antarctic realm">Antarctic realm</a></div> <p>Penguins, seals, and sea birds live along the Ross Sea coastline in Victoria Land, while life in the interior of the Transantarctic Range is limited to bacteria, <a href="/wiki/Lichen" title="Lichen">lichens</a>, <a href="/wiki/Algae" title="Algae">algae</a>, and fungi. Forests once covered Antarctica, including plentiful <a href="/wiki/Wollemi_Pine" class="mw-redirect" title="Wollemi Pine">Wollemi pines</a> and <a href="/wiki/Southern_Beech" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Beech">southern beeches</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Woodford_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Woodford-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, with the gradual cooling associated with the break-up of <a href="/wiki/Gondwana" title="Gondwana">Gondwana</a>, these forests gradually disappeared.<sup id="cite_ref-Woodford_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Woodford-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is believed that the last trees on the Antarctic continent were on Transantarctic Mountains.<sup id="cite_ref-Woodford_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Woodford-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transantarctic_Mountains&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Transantarctic Mountains were first seen by <a href="/wiki/James_Clark_Ross" title="James Clark Ross">Captain James Clark Ross</a> in 1841 from the Ross Sea. The range is a natural barrier that must be crossed to reach the <a href="/wiki/South_Pole" title="South Pole">South Pole</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Ross_Ice_Shelf" title="Ross Ice Shelf">Ross Ice Shelf</a>. </p><p>The first crossing of the Transantarctic Mountains took place during the 1902–1904 <a href="/wiki/British_National_Antarctic_Expedition" class="mw-redirect" title="British National Antarctic Expedition">British National Antarctic Expedition</a> at the Ross Ice Shelf. A reconnaissance party under the command of <a href="/wiki/Albert_Armitage" title="Albert Armitage">Albert Armitage</a> reached 2,700 m (8,900 ft) altitude in 1902. The following year, a party under expedition leader <a href="/wiki/Robert_Falcon_Scott" title="Robert Falcon Scott">Robert Falcon Scott</a> crossed into <a href="/wiki/East_Antarctica" title="East Antarctica">East Antarctica</a> at a location now known as <a href="/wiki/Ferrar_Glacier" title="Ferrar Glacier">Ferrar Glacier</a>, named after the geologist of the expedition. They explored part of Victoria Land on the <a href="/wiki/Antarctic_Plateau" title="Antarctic Plateau">Antarctic Plateau</a> before returning via the same glacier. In 1908, <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Shackleton" title="Ernest Shackleton">Ernest Shackleton</a>'s party crossed the mountains through the <a href="/wiki/Beardmore_Glacier" title="Beardmore Glacier">Beardmore Glacier</a>. Scott returned to that same glacier in 1911, while <a href="/wiki/Roald_Amundsen" title="Roald Amundsen">Roald Amundsen</a> crossed the range via the <a href="/wiki/Axel_Heiberg_Glacier" title="Axel Heiberg Glacier">Axel Heiberg Glacier</a>. </p><p>Much of the range remained unexplored until the late 1940s and 1950s, when missions such as <a href="/wiki/Operation_Highjump" title="Operation Highjump">Operation Highjump</a> and the <a href="/wiki/International_Geophysical_Year" title="International Geophysical Year">International Geophysical Year</a> (IGY) made extensive use of <a href="/wiki/Aerial_photography" title="Aerial photography">aerial photography</a> and concentrated on a thorough investigation of the entire continent. The name "Transantarctic Mountains" was first applied to this range in a 1960 paper<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by geologist <a href="/wiki/Warren_B._Hamilton" title="Warren B. Hamilton">Warren B. Hamilton</a>, following his IGY fieldwork. It was subsequently recommended by the <a href="/wiki/Advisory_Committee_on_Antarctic_Names" title="Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names">Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names</a>, a US authority on geographic names, in 1962. This purely descriptive label (in contrast to many other <a href="/wiki/Geography" title="Geography">geographic</a> names on Antarctica) is internationally accepted at present. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Leverett_Glacier" title="Leverett Glacier">Leverett Glacier</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Queen_Maud_Mountains" title="Queen Maud Mountains">Queen Maud Mountains</a> is the planned route through the TAM for the <a href="/wiki/McMurdo-South_Pole_highway" class="mw-redirect" title="McMurdo-South Pole highway">overland supply road</a> between <a href="/wiki/McMurdo_Station" title="McMurdo Station">McMurdo Station</a> and <a href="/wiki/Amundsen%E2%80%93Scott_South_Pole_Station" title="Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station">Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geology">Geology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transantarctic_Mountains&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Geology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Tectonic_evolution_of_the_Transantarctic_Mountains" title="Tectonic evolution of the Transantarctic Mountains">Tectonic evolution of the Transantarctic Mountains</a> and <a href="/wiki/Geology_of_Antarctica" title="Geology of Antarctica">Geology of Antarctica</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:SVL_Stratigraphy.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/SVL_Stratigraphy.svg/350px-SVL_Stratigraphy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="350" height="495" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/SVL_Stratigraphy.svg/525px-SVL_Stratigraphy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/SVL_Stratigraphy.svg/700px-SVL_Stratigraphy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="597" data-file-height="844" /></a><figcaption>Stratigraphy of southern Victoria Land</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dugdale_and_Murray_Glacier_-_Antarctica.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Dugdale_and_Murray_Glacier_-_Antarctica.jpg/220px-Dugdale_and_Murray_Glacier_-_Antarctica.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="184" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Dugdale_and_Murray_Glacier_-_Antarctica.jpg/330px-Dugdale_and_Murray_Glacier_-_Antarctica.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Dugdale_and_Murray_Glacier_-_Antarctica.jpg/440px-Dugdale_and_Murray_Glacier_-_Antarctica.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2348" data-file-height="1962" /></a><figcaption>Aerial view of the <a href="/wiki/Dugdale_Glacier" class="mw-redirect" title="Dugdale Glacier">Dugdale Glacier</a> in 1957</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mt_Herschel,_Antarctica,_Jan_2006.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Mt_Herschel%2C_Antarctica%2C_Jan_2006.jpg/220px-Mt_Herschel%2C_Antarctica%2C_Jan_2006.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Mt_Herschel%2C_Antarctica%2C_Jan_2006.jpg/330px-Mt_Herschel%2C_Antarctica%2C_Jan_2006.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Mt_Herschel%2C_Antarctica%2C_Jan_2006.jpg/440px-Mt_Herschel%2C_Antarctica%2C_Jan_2006.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Mount_Herschel" class="mw-redirect" title="Mount Herschel">Mount Herschel</a> (3,335 m (10,942 ft)) in the <a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Mountains" title="Admiralty Mountains">Admiralty Mountains</a> subrange, as seen from <a href="/wiki/Cape_Hallett" title="Cape Hallett">Cape Hallett</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The Transantarctic Mountains are considerably older than other <a href="/wiki/Mountain_ranges" class="mw-redirect" title="Mountain ranges">mountain ranges</a> of the continent, which are mainly <a href="/wiki/Volcano" title="Volcano">volcanic</a> in origin. The range was <a href="/wiki/Tectonic_uplift" title="Tectonic uplift">uplifted</a> during the opening of the <a href="/wiki/West_Antarctic_Rift_System" title="West Antarctic Rift System">West Antarctic Rift System</a> to the east, beginning about 65 million years ago in the early <a href="/wiki/Cenozoic" title="Cenozoic">Cenozoic</a>, and soon after became occupied by glaciers.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The mountains consist of <a href="/wiki/Sedimentary_layer" class="mw-redirect" title="Sedimentary layer">sedimentary layers</a> lying upon a <a href="/wiki/Basement_(geology)" title="Basement (geology)">basement</a> of <a href="/wiki/Granite" title="Granite">granites</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gneiss" title="Gneiss">gneisses</a>. The sedimentary layers include the <a href="/wiki/Beacon_Supergroup" title="Beacon Supergroup">Beacon Supergroup</a> <a href="/wiki/Sandstone" title="Sandstone">sandstones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Siltstone" title="Siltstone">siltstones</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Coal" title="Coal">coal</a> deposited beginning in the <a href="/wiki/Silurian" title="Silurian">Silurian</a> period and continuing into the <a href="/wiki/Jurassic" title="Jurassic">Jurassic</a>. In many places, the Beacon Supergroup has been intruded by <a href="/wiki/Dike_(geology)" title="Dike (geology)">dikes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sill_(geology)" title="Sill (geology)">sills</a> of Jurassic age <a href="/wiki/Karoo-Ferrar" title="Karoo-Ferrar">Ferrar Dolerite</a>. Many of the <a href="/wiki/Fossil" title="Fossil">fossils</a> found in Antarctica are from locations within these sedimentary formations. </p><p>Ice from the <a href="/wiki/East_Antarctic_ice_sheet" class="mw-redirect" title="East Antarctic ice sheet">East Antarctic Ice Sheet</a> flows through the Transantarctic Mountains via a series of <a href="/wiki/Outlet_glacier" class="mw-redirect" title="Outlet glacier">outlet glaciers</a> into the Ross Sea, Ross Ice Shelf, and <a href="/wiki/West_Antarctic_Ice_Sheet" title="West Antarctic Ice Sheet">West Antarctic Ice Sheet</a>. These glaciers generally flow perpendicular to the orientation of the range and define subranges and peak groups. It has been thought that many of these outlet glaciers follow the traces of large-scale geologic <a href="/wiki/Fault_(geology)" title="Fault (geology)">faults</a>. However, the ice flow theories will be re-evaluated in light of new data from recent <a href="/wiki/Radioglaciology" title="Radioglaciology">ice-penetrating radar</a> surveys which revealed the presence of three previously unknown deep subglacial valleys affecting the "mountainous subglacial topography beneath the ice divide".<sup id="cite_ref-winter_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-winter-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These geographic features are likely to have a significant impact on models and calculations related to ice flow through the Transantarctic Mountain region.<sup id="cite_ref-winter_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-winter-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transantarctic_Mountains&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:David_Cauldron.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/David_Cauldron.jpg/220px-David_Cauldron.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/David_Cauldron.jpg/330px-David_Cauldron.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/David_Cauldron.jpg/440px-David_Cauldron.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/David_Glacier" title="David Glacier">David Glacier</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Drygalski_Ice_Tongue" title="Drygalski Ice Tongue">Drygalski Ice Tongue</a> in the far distance</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Byrd_glacier_landsat.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Byrd_glacier_landsat.jpg/220px-Byrd_glacier_landsat.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Byrd_glacier_landsat.jpg/330px-Byrd_glacier_landsat.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Byrd_glacier_landsat.jpg/440px-Byrd_glacier_landsat.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Byrd_Glacier" title="Byrd Glacier">Byrd Glacier</a> from <a href="/wiki/Landsat" class="mw-redirect" title="Landsat">Landsat</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Thiel_Mountains_close.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Thiel_Mountains_close.jpg/220px-Thiel_Mountains_close.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Thiel_Mountains_close.jpg/330px-Thiel_Mountains_close.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Thiel_Mountains_close.jpg/440px-Thiel_Mountains_close.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="2112" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Thiel_Mountains" title="Thiel Mountains">Thiel Mountains</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In geographic order, from the <a href="/wiki/Ross_Sea" title="Ross Sea">Ross Sea</a> towards the <a href="/wiki/Weddell_Sea" title="Weddell Sea">Weddell Sea</a>: </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Victoria_Land">Victoria Land</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transantarctic_Mountains&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Victoria Land"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lillie_Glacier" title="Lillie Glacier">Lillie Glacier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Concord_Mountains" title="Concord Mountains">Concord Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Adare" title="Cape Adare">Cape Adare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiralty_Mountains" title="Admiralty Mountains">Admiralty Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cape_Hallett" title="Cape Hallett">Cape Hallett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tucker_Glacier" title="Tucker Glacier">Tucker Glacier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victory_Mountains" title="Victory Mountains">Victory Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mariner_Glacier" title="Mariner Glacier">Mariner Glacier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aviator_Glacier" title="Aviator Glacier">Aviator Glacier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terra_Nova_Bay" title="Terra Nova Bay">Terra Nova Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priestley_Glacier" title="Priestley Glacier">Priestley Glacier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Albert_Mountains" title="Prince Albert Mountains">Prince Albert Mountains</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_Glacier" title="David Glacier">David Glacier</a> and <a href="/wiki/Drygalski_Ice_Tongue" title="Drygalski Ice Tongue">Drygalski Ice Tongue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mackay_Glacier" title="Mackay Glacier">Mackay Glacier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McMurdo_Dry_Valleys" title="McMurdo Dry Valleys">McMurdo Dry Valleys</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ferrar_Glacier" title="Ferrar Glacier">Ferrar Glacier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McMurdo_Sound" title="McMurdo Sound">McMurdo Sound</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Central_TAM">Central TAM</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transantarctic_Mountains&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Central TAM"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mulock_Glacier" title="Mulock Glacier">Mulock Glacier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byrd_Glacier" title="Byrd Glacier">Byrd Glacier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nimrod_Glacier" title="Nimrod Glacier">Nimrod Glacier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen_Alexandra_Range" title="Queen Alexandra Range">Queen Alexandra Range</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beardmore_Glacier" title="Beardmore Glacier">Beardmore Glacier</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taz_Glacier&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Taz Glacier (page does not exist)">Taz Glacier</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Queen_Maud_Mountains">Queen Maud Mountains</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transantarctic_Mountains&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Queen Maud Mountains"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shackleton_Glacier" title="Shackleton Glacier">Shackleton Glacier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liv_Glacier" title="Liv Glacier">Liv Glacier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amundsen_Glacier" title="Amundsen Glacier">Amundsen Glacier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Glacier_(Transantarctic_Mountains)" title="Scott Glacier (Transantarctic Mountains)">Scott Glacier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bush_Mountains" title="Bush Mountains">Bush Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Range" title="Commonwealth Range">Commonwealth Range</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominion_Range" title="Dominion Range">Dominion Range</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Range" title="Herbert Range">Herbert Range</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Olav_Mountains" title="Prince Olav Mountains">Prince Olav Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hughes_Range_(Antarctica)" title="Hughes Range (Antarctica)">Hughes Range</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Supporters_Range" title="Supporters Range">Supporters Range</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zorawar_Range&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Zorawar Range (page does not exist)">Zorawar Range</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id=""Southern"_TAM"><span id=".22Southern.22_TAM"></span>"Southern" TAM</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transantarctic_Mountains&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: "Southern" TAM"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Reedy_Glacier" title="Reedy Glacier">Reedy Glacier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horlick_Mountains" title="Horlick Mountains">Horlick Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thiel_Mountains" title="Thiel Mountains">Thiel Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pensacola_Mountains" title="Pensacola Mountains">Pensacola Mountains</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Support_Force_Glacier" title="Support Force Glacier">Support Force Glacier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foundation_Ice_Stream" title="Foundation Ice Stream">Foundation Ice Stream</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shackleton_Range" title="Shackleton Range">Shackleton Range</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theron_Mountains" title="Theron Mountains">Theron Mountains</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bailey_Ice_Stream" title="Bailey Ice Stream">Bailey Ice Stream</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Transantarctic_Mountains&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Gunter Faure, Teresa M. Mensing, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=5Xk482GKlQsC&dq=%22Scott+Glacier%22+%28Transantarctic+Mountains%29&pg=PA173">The Transantarctic Mountains: Rocks, Ice, Meteorites and Water</a>, Springer</li> <li>Damien Gildea, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=4rHtBgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Scott+Glacier%22+%28Transantarctic+Mountains%29&pg=PT9">Transantarctic Mountains - Mountaineering in Antarctica: Travel Guide</a></li> <li>Sokol, E. R., C. W. Herbold, C. K. Lee, S. C. Cary, and J. E. Barrett, <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/10919/24807" class="extiw" title="hdl:10919/24807">Local and regional influences over soil microbial metacommunities in the Transantarctic Mountains</a>, Ecosphere 4(11):136. <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1890/">https://dx.doi.org/10.1890/</a> ES13-00136.1 2013</li> <li>I.B. Campbell, G.G.C. Claridge, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=WfhG-Qxz8psC&dq=%22Olympus+Range%22+Antarctica&pg=PA30">Antarctica: Soils, Weathering Processes and Environment</a>, PP 30 – 32</li> <li>A.R. Lewis, D.R. Marchant, A.C. Ashworth, <a href="/wiki/Sidney_Hemming" title="Sidney Hemming">S.R. Hemming</a>, M.L. 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