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Kohler Range

Kohler Range (75º05´S 114º15´W) is a mountain range about 64 km (40 mi) long standing between the base of Martin Peninsula and Smith Glacier in Marie Byrd Land of Antarctica. The range consists of two ice-covered plateaus punctuated by several rock peaks and bluffs. The plateaus are oriented E-W and are separated by Kohler Glacier, a distributary which flows north from Smith Glacier.

Discovered from a distance on February 24, 1940 by Rear Admiral Byrd and other members of the USAS in an airplane flight from the ship Bear. Named by Byrd for Walter J. Kohler, manufacturer and former governor of Wisconsin, who was one of the supporters of the ByrdAE, 1933-35, and who helped furnish the seaplane from which the discovery was made.



07-14-2008 23:18:10
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