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The Thiel Mountains are an isolated, mainly snow-capped mountain range of the Transantarctic Mountains System, located in the Ellsworth Land region of Antarctica.

Thiel Mountains
Aerial view of the Thiel Mountains
Highest point
PeakAnderson Summit[1]
Elevation2,810 m (9,220 ft)
Coordinates85°3′S 90°51′W
Dimensions
Length72 km (45 mi)
Area71,578 km2 (27,636 sq mi)
Geography
Thiel Mountains
Location in Antarctica
ContinentAntarctica
RegionEllsworth Land
Parent rangeTransantarctic Mountains
Borders onHorlick Mountains and Pensacola Mountains
Thiel Skiway
Thiel Mountains refueling depot
  • IATA: none
  • ICAO: AT26
Summary
Airport typePrivate
LocationThiel Mountains
Ellsworth Land
Coordinates85°11′56″S 87°52′18″W
Map
Thiel Skiway
Location of airfield in Antarctica
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 5,175 1,577 Ice

The mountain range is 72 km (45 mi) long, and is located roughly between the Horlick Mountains and the Pensacola Mountains, and extends from Moulton Escarpment on the west to Nolan Pillar on the east.

Major components include Ford Massif (2,810 m), Bermel Escarpment and a group of eastern peaks near Nolan Pillar. The mountains were observed and first positioned by the USARP Horlick Mountains Traverse Party, 1958–59. The mountains were surveyed by the USGS Thiel Mountains parties of 1960-61 and 1961–62.[3]

The Thiel Mountains were named by US-ACAN after Dr. Edward C. Thiel, traverse seismologist at Ellsworth Station and the Pensacola Mountains in 1957. In December 1959, he made airlifted geophysical observations along the 88th meridian west, including work near these mountains. Thiel perished with four others on November 9, 1961, in the crash of a P2V Neptune aircraft soon after take-off from Wilkes Station.[3]

An aircraft fuel cache (85°12′S 087°53′W) is located near the Thiel Mountains for planes traveling between the Union Glacier Camp and the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station.[4]




See also



References


  1. "Thiel Mountains". Peakbagger. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  2. "Thiel Skiway". Airport Nav Finder. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  3. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Thiel Mountains
  4. South Pole Flights

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[de] Thiel Mountains

Die Thiel Mountains sind ein rund 72 km langer Gebirgszug isolierter, hauptsächlich schneebedeckter Berge zwischen den Horlick Mountains und den Pensacola Mountains im Grenzgebiet zwischen dem westantarktischen Marie-Byrd-Land und dem Queen Elizabeth Land, der von der Geländestufe Moulton Escarpment im Westen bis zur Nolan Pillar im Osten reicht. Die wesentlichen Formationen des Gebirgszugs sind das Ford-Massiv, die Geländestufe Bermel Escarpment und eine Gruppe östlicher Berggipfel nahe der Nolan Pillar.
- [en] Thiel Mountains

[fr] Chaîne Thiel

La chaîne Thiel est un groupe de montagnes de la chaîne Transantarctique. Elle culmine à Anderson Summit, à 2 812 m d'altitude.

[it] Monti Thiel

I Monti Thiel (in lingua inglese: Thiel Mountains) sono una catena montuosa isolata e per lo più coperta di neve che fa parte dei Monti Transantartici, situata nella Terra di Ellsworth, in Antartide.


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