The Saxby Range () is a broad mountain range, rising to , in the

Victory Mountains The Victory Mountains () is a major group of mountains in Victoria Land, Antarctica, about long and wide, which is bounded primarily by Mariner and Tucker glaciers and the Ross Sea. The division between these mountains and the Concord Mountains ...

Victoria Land Victoria Land is a region in eastern Antarctica which fronts the western side of the Ross Sea and the Ross Ice Shelf, extending southward from about 70°30'S to 78°00'S, and westward from the Ross Sea to the edge of the Antarctic Plateau. It ...

, Antarctica. It is bounded by Jutland Glacier,

Tucker Glacier Tucker Glacier is a major valley glacier of Victoria Land, about 144 km (90 mi) long, flowing southeast between Admiralty Mountains and Victory Mountains to the Ross Sea. There is a snow saddle at the glacier's head, just west of Homerun ...

, Pearl Harbor Glacier, and Midway Glacier.

Name

The Saxby Range was named by the

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(NZ-APC) in 1982 after Eric Saxby, field leader and coordinator of NZ projects during the

International Northern Victoria Land Project International is an adjective (also used as a noun) meaning "between nations". International may also refer to: Music Albums * ''International'' (Kevin Michael album), 2011 * ''International'' (New Order album), 2002 * ''International'' (The T ...

, 1981–82.

Location

The Bertalan Peak is in a block between the Jutland Glacier and McKellar Glacier to the west, Pearl Harbor Glacier to the south,

to the east and north. It is drained to the south by Summers Glacier and to the west by Montecchi Glacier. Features include Boss Peak and Bridwell Peak in the north, Mount Hazlett and Latino Peak in the southeast.

Features

Boss Peak

. An isolated black peak high at the east side of the terminus of Jutland Glacier, north-northeast of Thomson Peak, in the northwest part of the Victory Mountains. Named by the northern party of the

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(NZGSAE), 1963-64, partly for its resemblance to the boss on a shield, its aspect and also as a reminiscence of Sir Ernest Shackleton's nickname.

Bridwell Peak

. A peak high southeast of Boss Peak. Mapped by

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(USGS) from surveys and United States Navy aerial photographs, 1960-63. Named by United States

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(US-ACAN) for Ray E. Bridwell, United States ArmyRP meteorologist at Hallett Station, 1964-65.

Evans Ridge

. A broad ridge that trends in a north-south direction for about , standing between the Midway and McKellar Glaciers. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named in 1966 by US-ACAN for Arthur Evans, Secretary of the New Zealand Antarctic Place Names Committee.

Bertalan Peak

. A peak high, standing at the northwest side of the head of Montecchi Glacier. Mapped by the USGS from surveys and from

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air photos, 1960–64. Named by the US-ACAN for Robert E. Bertalan, U.S. Navy, chief machinery repairman 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 ...

, 1967.

Mount Hazlett

. A mountain high at the south side of the mouth of Montecchi Glacier where the latter enters Tucker Glacier. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by US-ACAN for Paul C. Hazlett, member of the United States Navy Squadron VX-6 winter party at McMurdo Station, 1968.

Latino Peak

. A peak high situated south-southwest of Mount Hazlett. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by US-ACAN for Terry L. Latino, United States Navy, constructionman at McMurdo Station, 1967.

References

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