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Mountaineer Range is the range of mountains lying between the Mariner and Aviator Glaciers in Victoria Land, Antarctica. The seaward parts of the range were first viewed by Ross in 1841, and subsequently by several British and later American expeditions. The precise mapping of its overall features was accomplished from U.S. Navy air photographs and surveys by New Zealand and American parties in the 1950s and 1960s. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 195859, in keeping with the backgrounds of members of the 195758 and 195859 field parties who made a reconnaissance of the area, and also in association with the names "Aviator" and "Mariner".[1]

Mountaineer Range
Mountaineer Range
Highest point
PeakMount Murchison
Elevation3,500 m (11,500 ft)
Geography
ContinentAntarctica
RegionVictoria Land
Range coordinates73°28′S 166°15′E
1:250,000 scale topographic map of the Mountaineer Range and the Southern Cross Mountains.
1:250,000 scale topographic map of the Mountaineer Range and the Southern Cross Mountains.

The highest point is Mount Murchison, at 3,500 metres (11,483 ft), on the rugged divide between the Fitzgerald and Wylde Glaciers. Discovered in January 1841 by Ross who named this feature for Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, then general secretary of the British Association.[2]


List of mountains



References


  1. "Mountaineer Range". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2008-03-20.
  2. "Mount Murchison". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 2009-09-12. Retrieved 2009-09-12.
  3. "Mount Anakiwa". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2010-09-22.



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Die Mountaineer Range ist ein Gebirgszug zwischen dem Mariner- und dem Aviator-Gletscher im nördlichen Viktorialand.
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