The Concord Mountains is a group name applied to a complex system of

mountain range A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have arise ...

s in northwest

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 Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest contine ...

, comprising the

Everett Range Everett Range is a rugged, mainly ice-covered mountain range nearly long between Greenwell Glacier and Ebbe Glacier in northwest Victoria Land, Antarctica. Mountains of the range include Mount Regina (). These mountains lies situated on the Pennell ...

Mirabito Range Mirabito Range is a narrow, northwest-trending mountain range, 64 km (40 mi) long and 6 km (4 mi) wide, standing between the upper part of Lillie Glacier and the Greenwell Glacier in northern Victoria Land, Antarctica. The ran ...

, King Range,

Leitch Massif Leitch Massif () is a mountain massif that forms the northern part of the West Quartzite Range, in the Concord Mountains of Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of t ...

East Quartzite Range The East Quartzite Range () is a mountain range, long, forming a subordinate southwest unit of the King Range, in the Concord Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Si ...

and

West Quartzite Range West Quartzite Range () is a mountain range, the western of two parallel quartzite ranges, situated at the east side of Houliston Glacier in the Concord Mountains, Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated conti ...

. It is situated on the

Pennell Coast Pennell Coast is that portion of the coast of Antarctica between Cape Williams and Cape Adare. To the west of Cape Williams lies Oates Coast, and to the east and south of Cape Adare lies Borchgrevink Coast. Named by New Zealand Antarctic Place- ...

, a part of Antarctica between

Cape Williams Cape Williams () is an ice-covered cape in Antarctica. It is the termination of Buell Peninsula at the east side of the terminus of Lillie Glacier at the lower ends of George Glacier and Zykov Glacier. The peninsula is 15 nautical miles (28 km) ...

and

Cape Adare Cape Adare is a prominent cape of black basalt forming the northern tip of the Adare Peninsula and the north-easternmost extremity of Victoria Land, East Antarctica. Description Marking the north end of Borchgrevink Coast and the west e ...

. The mountains were mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs from 1960–63. The name "Concord" was chosen by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), which explored the area in 1963–64, in honor of international harmony in Antarctica, and in particular for the fact that five nations participated in the region's exploration.

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* Mountain ranges of Victoria Land Pennell Coast {{VictoriaLand-geo-stub