The Deep Freeze Range () is a rugged mountain range, over long and about wide, rising between

Priestley Priestley may refer to: Places * Priestley, West Virginia, US, an unincorporated community * Priestley Glacier, a major valley glacier in Antarctica * Priestley (lunar crater), on the far side of the Moon * Priestley (Martian crater) * 5577 P ...

and Campbell Glaciers in Victoria Land, Antarctica, and extending from the edge of the polar plateau to Terra Nova Bay. Peaks in the low and mid portions of the range were observed by early British expeditions to the Ross Sea. The range was mapped in detail by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1955-63. It was named by the

Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica. History The committee was established ...

in recognition of the support to research provided by the U.S. Navy's Operation Deep Freeze expeditions to Antarctica for many years beginning in 1954. __NOTOC__

Geological features

Mount Adamson

Mount Adamson () is a peak, high, rising east-northeast of Mount Hewson. It was named by the northern party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1965–66, for R. Adamson, a geologist with this party.

Mount Dickason

Mount Dickason () is a prominent mountain, high, at the head of Boomerang Glacier. It was first mapped by the Northern Party of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, and named for Harry Dickason, Royal Navy, a member of the Northern Party.

Mount Hewson

Mount Hewson () is a bluff-type mountain () standing WSW of Mount Adamson. It was named by the southern party of NZGSAE, 1962–63, for R.W. Hewson, leader and surveyor of this party; also a surveyor for the northern party of NZGSAE, 1961-62.

Mount Queensland

Mount Queensland () is a prominent mountain, high, standing north of Mount Dickason. It was discovered by the ''Discovery'' Expedition, 1901–04, which named this mountain for the state of Queensland, Australia, in recognition of the assistance given the expedition by its government.

Shafer Peak

Shafer Peak () is a prominent peak, high, standing south of Mount Hewson. It was mapped by the USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1955-63. It was named by the

for Lieutenant Cdt. Willard G. Shafer, (CEC) U.S. Navy, officer in charge of the nuclear power plant at

McMurdo Station McMurdo Station is a United States Antarctic research station on the south tip of Ross Island, which is in the New Zealand-claimed Ross Dependency on the shore of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica. It is operated by the United States through the Unit ...

, winter party 1965.

Cape Sastrugi

Cape Sastrugi Cape Sastrugi () is a sharply projecting point on the west side of Deep Freeze Range, standing 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) northwest of Snowy Point and overlooking the north portion of Nansen Ice Sheet, in Victoria Land. First explored by th ...

projects from the west side of the range, overlooking the north portion of Nansen Ice Sheet.

Glaciers

Rebuff Glacier

Rebuff Glacier Rebuff Glacier () is a tributary glacier descending from the Deep Freeze Range and entering Campbell Glacier 4 nautical miles (7 km) southeast of the summit of Mount Mankinen, in Victoria Land. Named by the northern party of New Zealand Geolog ...

is a tributary glacier which descends from the Deep Freeze Range before entering

Campbell Glacier Campbell Glacier () is a glacier, about long, originating near the south end of Mesa Range and draining southeast between the Deep Freeze Range and Mount Melbourne to discharge into north Terra Nova Bay. The lower end of the glacier was observed by ...

References

{{reflist Mountain ranges of Victoria Land