The Adams Mountains were discovered by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–09 and named Adams Mountains for Lieutenant Jameson B. Adams, second in command of the expedition.
The British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13 restricted the name to "Mount Adams" for a high peak in the group, but the original name and application are considered more apt and have been approved.[1]
The Adams Mountains are bounded by the Beardmore Glacier to the southeast.
The Berwick Glacier flows past its southwest point, and Moody Glacier, a tributary of the Berwick Glacier, defines its northwest boundary.
The Bingley Glacier, a tributary of the Beardmore Glacier, defines the northeast boundary.
Peaks include Mount Price and the Thompson Peaks.
Mount Drewry and Barnes Peak are to the east.[2]
84°26′S166°30′E / 84.433°S 166.500°E / -84.433; 166.500.
Two peaks on the divide between upper Moody Glacier and Bingley Glacier.
Named by US-ACAN for Douglas C. Thompson, USARP cosmic rays scientist at McMurdo Station, 1963; South Pole Station, 1965.[4]
Mount Drewry
84°27′S167°21′E / 84.450°S 167.350°E / -84.450; 167.350.
A prominent blocklike mountain on the west side of Beardmore Glacier, rising to 2,910 metres (9,550ft) high between Bingley Glacier and Cherry Icefall.
Discovered and roughly mapped by the Southern Journey Party of the BrAE, led by Ernest Shackleton, which was abreast of this mountain on December 13, 1908.
Named by US-ACAN in 1986 after David J. Drewry, British glaciologist; a leader of the SPRI-NSF-TUD airborne radio echo sounding program, 1967–79; Director, Scott Polar Research Institute, 1984–87; Director, British Antarctic Survey, from 1987.[5]
