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The Victory Mountains (72°40′S 168°00′E) is a major group of mountains in Victoria Land, Antarctica, about 160 kilometres (99 mi) long and 80 km (50 mi) wide, which is bounded primarily by Mariner and Tucker glaciers and the Ross Sea. The division between these mountains and the Concord Mountains (to the NW) is less precise but apparently lies in the vicinity of Thomson Peak.[1]

Victory Mountains
Victory Mountains in Antarctica

A Ross Sea aspect of the mountains was first obtained by early British expeditions of Ross, Borchgrevink, Scott and Shackleton. The mapping of the interior mountains was largely done from air photos taken by the U.S. Navy and surveys undertaken by New Zealand and American parties in the 1950s and 1960s. So named by the NZGSAE 1957-58, because of the proximity of this group to the Admiralty Mountains, and with the intention that many of the topographic features would be named for celebrated victories, especially naval victories.[1]


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  1. "Victory Mountains". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2004-11-13.

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[de] Victory Mountains

Die Victory Mountains sind eine Gruppe von Bergen, die sich über eine Länge von 160 km und eine Breite von 80 km an der Ostküste des ostantarktischen Viktorialands erstrecken und in erster Linie vom Polarplateau, vom Mariner-Gletscher, vom Tucker-Gletscher, vom Whitehall-Gletscher und vom Ross-Meer begrenzt werden. Die Grenze zwischen diesen Bergen und den nordwestlich gelegenen Concord Mountains ist dagegen weniger exakt zu bestimmen, liegt aber in etwa unweit des Thomson Peak. Höchste Erhebungen sind Mount Riddolls (3295 m), Mount Hancox (3245 m), Mount Phillips (3035 m), Mount Burton (2740 m), der Gless Peak (2630 m), Mount Alberts (2320 m) und Mount Brewster (2025 m).
- [en] Victory Mountains

[fr] Chaîne Victory

La chaîne Victory (en anglais : Victory Mountains) est une chaîne de montagnes située en Terre Victoria, en Antarctique.

[it] Montagne della Vittoria

Le montagne della Vittoria sono un vasto gruppo montuoso costituito da diverse catene montuose situato sulla costa di Borchgrevink, nella Terra della Regina Vittoria.



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