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
surface form: Weddell Sea region
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 Antarctica
surface form: West Antarctic Ice Sheet
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 (New Zealand Antarctic territory) contains Transantarctic Mountains
subject surface form: Ross Dependency
this entity surface form: Transantarctic Mountains (portion)
Olympus Range partOf Transantarctic Mountains
East Antarctica hasPart Transantarctic Mountains
this entity surface form: Transantarctic Mountains foothills
Ross Ice Shelf borderedBy Transantarctic Mountains
Scott Coast hasNearbyFeature Transantarctic Mountains
Ellsworth Mountains partOf Transantarctic Mountains
this entity surface form: Transantarctic Mountains (broad sense/Antarctic mountain systems)
Ross Embayment borderedBy Transantarctic Mountains
Eastern Rift Mountains partOf Transantarctic Mountains
Eastern Rift Mountains geologicalSetting Transantarctic Mountains
this entity surface form: Transantarctic Mountains system
Mount Discovery mountainRange Transantarctic Mountains
Mount Melbourne mountainRange Transantarctic Mountains
Terror Rift relatedTo Transantarctic Mountains
this entity surface form: Transantarctic Mountains uplift
Mount Lister partOf Transantarctic Mountains