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Surveyors Range (81°37′S 160°15′E) is an Antarctican mountain range 30 miles (48 km) long, extending north along the east side of Starshot Glacier from the Thompson Mountain area to the glaciers terminus at the Ross Ice Shelf. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1960–61) for the early pioneering surveyors of New Zealand and present day equivalents in Great Britain who contributed to work carried out in this area by Captain P.J. Hunt, Royal Engineers.
Features
Geographical features include:
- Adams Peak
- Bieber Bench
- Bridge Pass
- Centaur Bluff
- Dickey Glacier
- Farmer Glacier
- Heale Peak
- Hermitage Peak
- Howard-Williams Point
- Jones Buttress
- Mansergh Snowfield
- Mount Hotine
- Mount Mathew
- Mount McKerrow
- Mount Ubique
- Starshot Glacier
- Thompson Mountain
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Surveyors Range". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)
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[de] Surveyors Range
Die Surveyors Range ist eine rund 50 km lange Gebirgskette in der antarktischen Ross Dependency. Sie erstreckt sich vom Gebiet des Thompson Mountain nach Norden entlang der Ostflanke des Starshot-Gletschers bis zu dessen Mündung an der Shackleton-Küste in das Ross-Schelfeis.- [en] Surveyors Range
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