The Founders Peaks are a cluster of sharp peaks and ridges located just east of Founders Escarpment and between Minnesota Glacier and Gowan Glacier, in the Heritage Range of the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. The peaks were mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961–66. The name was applied by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is association with the name Heritage Range.[1]

See also

Geographical features include:

Smith Ridge

Other features

References

  1. ↑ "Founders Peaks". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 3 April 2012.

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79°10′S 86°15′W / 79.167°S 86.250°W / -79.167; -86.250


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