abstract:The Queen Alexandra Range is a major mountain range in East Antarctica, about 160 km (100 mi) long, bordering the entire western side of Beardmore Glacier from the Polar Plateau to the Ross Ice Shelf. Alternate names for this range include Alexandra Mountains, Alexandra Range and Königin Alexandra Gebirge.
A fewoftheCTAM staff organizeda daytriptothemountains of theQueenAlexandra Rangeeast of camp to look at the Glossopteris fossils preserved in the Permian sediments exposed there.