The Carey Range () is a mountain range, about long and wide with peaks rising to , between

Mosby Glacier Mosby Glacier () is a glacier wide at its mouth, flowing in a southeasterly direction to the northwest corner of New Bedford Inlet, on the east coast of Palmer Land, Antarctica. It was discovered and photographed from the air in December 1940 by ...

and Fenton Glacier in southeast

Palmer Land Palmer Land () is the portion of the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica that lies south of a line joining Cape Jeremy and Cape Agassiz. This application of Palmer Land is consistent with the 1964 agreement between the Advisory Committee on Antarctic N ...

. The range was mapped by the

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from

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aerial photographs, 1966–69. In association with the names of continental drift scientists grouped in this area, 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 ...

after Samuel W. Carey, Australian geologist; Professor of Geology,

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, 1946–1970.

Features

* Sverdrup Nunataks ()

References

Mountain ranges of Palmer Land {{PalmerLand-geo-stub