Scaife Mountains

The Scaife Mountains (75°06′S 065°08′W) is a group of mountains rising west of Prehn Peninsula and between the Ketchum and Ueda glaciers, in Palmer Land, at the base of Antarctic Peninsula.[1]

Scaife Mountains is located in Antarctica
Scaife Mountains
Scaife Mountains
Scaife Mountains in Antarctica

Discovered by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) under Finn Ronne, 1947–48, who named these mountains for Alan M. Scaife of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a contributor to the expedition.[1]

List of mountains

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