Convoy Range () is a broad mountain range in

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. Much of the range has a nearly flat plateau-like summit, extending south from the Fry Saddle and ending at

Mackay Glacier Mackay Glacier () is a large glacier in Victoria Land, descending eastward from the Antarctic polar plateau, between the Convoy Range and Clare Range, into the southern part of Granite Harbour. It was discovered by the South Magnetic Pole party o ...

. The range has steep cliffs on its east side, but it slopes gently into the Cambridge Glacier on the western side. The New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the

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(1956–58) worked in this area in 1957. The party named the range for the main

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into

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in the 1956–57 season, with the names of the various vessels being used for features in the range.

Features

Taff Y Bryn () is a ridgelike summit capped by dolerite (about 1,600 m), situated 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) west of

Flagship Mountain Flagship Mountain () is a prominent, conical rock peak, high, surmounting the southern part of the large rock mass between Northwind Glacier and Atka Glacier in the Convoy Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named by the New Zealand Norther ...

in the Convoy Range. It is named after the

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in Wales, the toponym in Welsh literally means "Hill of the Taff." It was named by the 1976–77

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(VUWAE) led by Christopher J. Burgess. Other geographical features include: * Alatna Valley * Barnacle Valley * Baxter Glacier * Blorenge Buttress * Bowsprit Moraine * Bridge Riegel * Cambridge Glacier * Cargo Pond * Chattahoochee Glacier * Dory Nunatak * Dotson Ridge * Drifter Cirque * Eastwind Ridge *

Elkhorn Ridge Elkhorn Ridge () is a rugged ridge, long, between Towle Glacier and Northwind Glacier in the Convoy Range of Victoria Land. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from ground surveys and Navy air photos, and was named by the Advisor ...

* Flight Deck Névé * Forecastle Summit *

Fry Glacier Fry Glacier () is a glacier draining the slopes at the northeast corner of the Convoy Range and flowing along the south end of the Kirkwood Range into Tripp Bay, Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was first charted by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1 ...

* Gentle Glacier * Glover Hills * Greenville Hole * Greenville Valley * Holystone Slope * Hopkins Nunataks * Hurricane Heights * Irving Glacier *

Larson Crag Larson Crag () is a prominent rocky summit, over high, at the north end of the Staten Island Heights in the Convoy Range, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey The United States Geological Survey (USGS), formerly ...

* Lugger Glacier *

* Mars Hills * Matchless Mountain * Merrell Valley * Midship Glacier * Mount Basurto * Mount Gunn *

Mount Naab Mount Naab () is a mountain in Antarctica, to the south of Mount Schmidtman, 1,710 m, which surmounts the east part of Eastwind Ridge in the Convoy Range. It was mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and Nav ...

Mount Schmidtman Mount Schmidtman () is a peak to the north of Mount Naab at the northeast end of Eastwind Ridge, Convoy Range. Named in association with Eastwind Ridge after Captain R.D. Schmidtman, USCG, commander of the icebreaker USCGC Eastwind in the Ross ...

* Mount Shadbolt * Noring Terrace *

Northwind Glacier Northwind Glacier () is a large Antarctic glacier; one of the major sources of the Fry Glacier, in the Convoy Range, Victoria Land. The glacier drains the west part of Flight Deck Neve and flows north between Elkhorn Ridge and Sunker Nunataks to ...

* Pascoe Glacier * Riptide Cirque * Rum Pond * Schwall Peak * Scudding Glacier * Scuppers Icefalls * Scuttle Valley * Sharpend Glacier * Slackwater Cirque * Sore Thumb * Staten Island Heights * Sunker Nunataks * Tigerstripe Ridge * Tillergone Slope *

Toddy Pond Toddy Pond () is a pond in an enclosed basin on the rock flats 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northwest of Flagship Mountain, in Convoy Range, Victoria Land, Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. ...

* Topside Glacier * Tot Pond *

Towle Glacier Towle Glacier () is a glacier in the Convoy Range of Victoria Land, draining northeast between Eastwind and Elkhorn Ridges into the Fry Glacier. It was first mapped in 1957 by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic ...

* Towle Valley * Trinity Nunatak * Voigt Ledge * Wildwind Glacier *

Wyandot Ridge Wyandot Ridge () is a rocky ridge at the west side of Chattahoochee Glacier. It extends northward from the northwest end of the Convoy Range. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and Navy air photos. It w ...

References

* Mountain ranges of Victoria Land Scott Coast {{ScottCoast-geo-stub