Mountaineer Range
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Mountaineer Range is the range of mountain
s lying between the Mariner
and Aviator Glacier
s 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), 1958–59, in keeping with the backgrounds of members of the 1957-58 and 1958-59 field parties who made a reconnaissance
of the area, and also in association with the names "Aviator" and "Mariner".
The highest point is Mount Murchison, at 3500 metres (11,483 ft), on the rugged divide between the Fitzgerald
and Wylde Glacier
s. Discovered in January 1841 by Ross who named this feature for Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, then general secretary of the British Association.
Mountain
Image:Himalaya_annotated.jpg|thumb|right|The Himalayan mountain range with Mount Everestrect 58 14 160 49 Chomo Lonzorect 200 28 335 52 Makalurect 378 24 566 45 Mount Everestrect 188 581 920 656 Tibetan Plateaurect 250 406 340 427 Rong River...
s lying between the Mariner
Mariner Glacier
Mariner Glacier is a major glacier over long, descending southeast from the plateau of Victoria Land, between Mountaineer Range and Malta Plateau, and terminating at Lady Newnes Bay, Ross Sea, where it forms the floating Mariner Glacier Tongue...
and Aviator Glacier
Aviator Glacier
Aviator Glacier is major valley glacier, over 60 miles long and 5 miles wide, descending generally southward from the plateau of Victoria Land along the west side of Mountaineer Range, and entering Lady Newnes Bay between Cape Sibbald and Hayes Head where it forms the Aviator Glacier Tongue...
s in Victoria Land
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...
, Antarctica. The seaward parts of the range were first viewed by Ross
James Clark Ross
Sir James Clark Ross , was a British naval officer and explorer. He explored the Arctic with his uncle Sir John Ross and Sir William Parry, and later led his own expedition to Antarctica.-Arctic explorer:...
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
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
and American parties in the 1950s and 1960s. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica. The expeditions were notably active in 1957-58 and again in 1958-59. The 1957-58 expedition went to the Ross Dependency and named the Borchgrevink Glacier...
(NZGSAE), 1958–59, in keeping with the backgrounds of members of the 1957-58 and 1958-59 field parties who made a reconnaissance
Reconnaissance
Reconnaissance is the military term for exploring beyond the area occupied by friendly forces to gain information about enemy forces or features of the environment....
of the area, and also in association with the names "Aviator" and "Mariner".
The highest point is Mount Murchison, at 3500 metres (11,483 ft), on the rugged divide between the Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald Glacier
Fitzgerald Glacier is a prominent valley glacier draining to Lady Newnes Bay from the ice cascades on the south and west slopes of Mount Murchison, in Victoria Land. At the mouth it coalesces with the Icebreaker Glacier before debouching on Lady Newnes Bay...
and Wylde Glacier
Wylde Glacier
Wylde Glacier is a glacier situated east of Mount Murchison in the Mountaineer Range, draining south between Dessent Ridge and Cape King into Lady Newnes Bay, Victoria Land. Named in 1966 by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Leonard Wylde, scientific officer at Hallett Station,...
s. Discovered in January 1841 by Ross who named this feature for Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, then general secretary of the British Association.
List of mountains
- Mount Anakiwa (73°0′S 165°43′E) is a small mountainMountainImage:Himalaya_annotated.jpg|thumb|right|The Himalayan mountain range with Mount Everestrect 58 14 160 49 Chomo Lonzorect 200 28 335 52 Makalurect 378 24 566 45 Mount Everestrect 188 581 920 656 Tibetan Plateaurect 250 406 340 427 Rong River...
(2,640 m) situated 3 nautical miles (6 km) north of Mount SupernalMount SupernalMount Supernal is a large double summit mountain surmounting the southeast corner of Hercules Neve and the heads of the Gair and Meander Glaciers, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. The feature has at times been mistaken for Mount Murchison...
. Named by the northern party of NZGSAE, 1966–67, after the Cobham Outward Bound School, Anakiwa, New ZealandNew ZealandNew Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
.