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Nye Mountains (68°10′S 49°0′E) is a group of mountains, 30 nautical miles (60 km) long and 10 to 15 nautical miles (28 km) wide, which trend eastward from the head of Rayner Glacier. They were sighted by Squadron Leader D. Leckie, RAAF, during an ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) flight in October 1956. Named by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) for P.B. Nye, former Director of the Bureau of Mineral Resources, Australian Department of National Development.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Nye Mountains". (content from the Geographic Names Information System) 

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Die Nye Mountains sind eine Gruppe von Bergen und Nunatakkern im ostantarktischen Enderbyland. Sie verteilen sich östlich des Kopfendes des Rayner-Gletschers über eine Länge von 50 km und eine Breite von 16 bis 24 km. Zu ihnen gehören der Alderdice Peak, die Amphitheatre Peaks, Mount Boda, Mount Denholm, Mount Flett, die Greenall-Nunatakker, die Gory Kartografov, der Knipowitsch-Nunatak, die Krasin-Nunatakker, der Krasnaja-Nunatak, Mount Marriner, die Papanin-Nunatakker, Mount Robinson, der Trubjattschinski-Nunatak, Gora Utrennjaja, Mount Underwood und die Ward-Nunatakker.

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