The Queen Alexandra Range was discovered on the journey toward the
South Pole by the
British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–09 (BrAE), and was named by
Ernest Shackleton for
Queen Alexandra, Queen of the United Kingdom, 1901-10.[2]
Shackleton and his men, and a later expedition headed by
Robert Falcon Scott, both collected rock samples from the range that contained
fossils. The discovery that multicellular life forms had lived so close to the South Pole was an additional piece of evidence that accompanied the publication (in 1910 and independently in 1912) of the theory of
continental drift.[citation needed]
Location
The Queen Alexandra Range is bounded by the Beardmore Glacier along its southeast edge, which divides it from the
Commonwealth Range of the
Queen Maud Mountains to the east.
The west of the range is bounded by the
Antarctic Plateau in the south.
Further north it is bounded by the
Walcott Névé to the east, which separates the range from the
Colbert Hills.
The Walcott Névé joins the
Law Glacier in the
Bowden Névé which feeds the
Lennox-King Glacier.
This glacier bounds the northwest part of the range, and separates it from the
Holland Range to the north.
The northern tip of the range extends to the
Ross Ice Shelf between the Lennox King Glaciers and Beardmore Glacier.[3][4][5]
The Queen Alexandra Range was discovered on the journey toward the
South Pole by the
British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–09 (BrAE), and was named by
Ernest Shackleton for
Queen Alexandra, Queen of the United Kingdom, 1901-10.[2]
Shackleton and his men, and a later expedition headed by
Robert Falcon Scott, both collected rock samples from the range that contained
fossils. The discovery that multicellular life forms had lived so close to the South Pole was an additional piece of evidence that accompanied the publication (in 1910 and independently in 1912) of the theory of
continental drift.[citation needed]
Location
The Queen Alexandra Range is bounded by the Beardmore Glacier along its southeast edge, which divides it from the
Commonwealth Range of the
Queen Maud Mountains to the east.
The west of the range is bounded by the
Antarctic Plateau in the south.
Further north it is bounded by the
Walcott Névé to the east, which separates the range from the
Colbert Hills.
The Walcott Névé joins the
Law Glacier in the
Bowden Névé which feeds the
Lennox-King Glacier.
This glacier bounds the northwest part of the range, and separates it from the
Holland Range to the north.
The northern tip of the range extends to the
Ross Ice Shelf between the Lennox King Glaciers and Beardmore Glacier.[3][4][5]