Executive Committee Range
Range
SW view of Mount Sidley caldera
Continent	Antarctica
Region	Marie Byrd Land
Highest point	Mount Sidley
- elevation	4,285 m (14,058 ft)
Map of Mt. Marie Byrd Land is the portion of Antarctica lying east of the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and south of the Pacific Ocean, extending eastward Mount Sidley is the highest Volcano in Antarctica, a member of the Volcanic Seven Summits. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit Sidley and Mt. Waesche

Coordinates: 76°50′S 126°06′W / -76.833, -126.1 The Executive Committee Range is a range consisting of five major mountains, volcanic in origin, which trends north-south for 80 km (50 miles) along the 126th meridian, in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. A mountain range is a chain of Mountains bordered by highlands or separated from other mountains by passes or valleys A mountain is a Landform that extends above the surrounding Terrain in a limited area with a peak Marie Byrd Land is the portion of Antarctica lying east of the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and south of the Pacific Ocean, extending eastward

Discovered by the United States Antarctic Service expedition on a flight, December 15, 1940, and named for the Antarctic Service Executive Committee. Events 533 - Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Individual mountains (e. g. Hampton, Waesche) are named in honor of members of the committee, except for Mount Sidley, the most imposing mountain in the range, which was discovered and named by Rear Admiral Byrd in 1934. Mount Hampton is a Mountain with a circular ice-filled crater occupying much of the summit area Mount Waesche is a large and prominent Mountain of volcanic origin standing immediately SW of Mount Sidley and marking the southern end of the Executive Committee Mount Sidley is the highest Volcano in Antarctica, a member of the Volcanic Seven Summits. Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, USN ( October 25, 1888 &ndash March 11, 1957) was a pioneering American polar The entire range was mapped in detail by USGS from surveys and U. S. Navy trimetrogon photography, 1958-60.

Mountains of this range include Mount Sidley, Mount Waesche and Mount Hampton. Mount Sidley is the highest Volcano in Antarctica, a member of the Volcanic Seven Summits. Mount Waesche is a large and prominent Mountain of volcanic origin standing immediately SW of Mount Sidley and marking the southern end of the Executive Committee Mount Hampton is a Mountain with a circular ice-filled crater occupying much of the summit area

References

• USGS GNIS: Executive Committee Range