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The Transantarctic Mountains extend to the east beyond the Ohio Range for at least 1,300 km. This far-eastern segment of the Transantarctic Mountains in Fig. 8.1 includes the Thiel Mountains, the Pensacola Moun­tains, the Argentina Range, the Wichaway Nunataks, the Shackleton Range, and the Theron Mountains. These mountain ranges are separated from each other by large distances covered by the East Antarctic ice sheet. In spite of the remote location of these far-eastern mountains, all of them have been studied in the field by teams of geologists.

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Faure, G., Mensing, T.M. (2011). The Far-Eastern Mountains. In: The Transantarctic Mountains. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9390-5_8

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