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==Eastern features== ===Mount Schopf=== {{coord|84|48|S|113|25|W}}. An elongated, mesa-like, mainly ice-covered mountain, {{convert|2,990|m}} high,, located just east of Buckeye Table in the Ohio Range. Surveyed by the USARP Horlick Mountains Traverse party in December 1958. Named by US-ACAN for James M. Schopf, geologist, Coal and Geology Laboratory, USGS, Columbus, Ohio, who greatly assisted the field geologist by analyzing coal and related rock specimens from this mountain. Schopf was a member of the Horlick Mountains Party in the 1961β62 season.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=655}} ===Terrace Ridge=== {{coord|84|49|S|113|45|W}}. A mostly ice-free ridge, or spur, descending northwest from the summit area at the south end of Mount Schopf in the Ohio Range. Resistant sandstone strata predominate in the lower half of the slope of the ridge, forming a series of partly ice-covered terraces separated by scarps. The descriptive name was suggested by geologists of the Ohio State University expedition who worked in these mountains in the 1960β61 and 1961β62 seasons.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=739}} ===Mercer Ridge=== {{coord|84|50|S|113|45|W}}. A prominent, partly ice-free ridge that forms the southwest end of Mount Schopf. Named by US-ACAN after [[John H. Mercer]] (1922β87), glacial geologist, a member of the Ohio State University expedition to the Horlick Mountains in 1960β61. He returned to work in the Horlick Mountains, 1964β65, and later worked in the Antarctic, Alaska, Greenland, Argentina, Chile, and Peru; with the Institute of Polar Studies (now Byrd Research Center), Ohio State University, 1966β87.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=486}} ===Skinner Peak=== {{coord|84|46|S|112|53|W}}. A mainly snow-covered peak, over {{convert|2,600|m}} high, on the spur that descends northeast from Mount Schopf in Ohio Range. Named by US-ACAN for Courtney J. Skinner, geological assistant and camp, manager with the Ohio State University expedition to the Horlick Mountains in 1961β62. Skinner visited Antarctica with USARP every summer season from 1961β62 to 1966β67.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=682}} ===Mirsky Ledge=== {{coord|84|37|S|111|40|W}}. A snow-covered ledge, or shelflike feature, about {{convert|10|nmi}} northeast of Mount Schopf in the Ohio Range. Urbanak Peak and Iversen Peak rise above the ledge which is the apparent northeast extremity of the Horlick Mountains. The geology of these mountains was investigated by researchers from the Institute of Polar Studies, Ohio State University, 1958β62. The ledge was named by US-ACAN for Arthur Mirsky, Assistant Director of the Institute in that period.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=496}} ===Urbanak Peak=== {{coord|84|38|S|111|55|W}}. A peak with exposed rock on the north side, situated along Mirsky Ledge in the Ohio Range. Surveyed by the USARP Horlick Mountains Traverse party in Dec. 1958. Named by US-CAN for Richard L. Urbanak, meteorologist at Byrd Station in 1960.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=771}} ===Iversen Peak=== {{coord|84|37|S|111|26|W}}. A peak {{convert|3|nmi}} east-northeast of Urbanak Peak at the northeast end of the Ohio Range. Surveyed by the USARP Horlick Mountains Traverse party in Dec. 1958. Named by US-ACAN for Frede Iversen, ionospheric physicist at Byrd Station in 1960.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=365}}
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