Willett Range () is the range extending north from
Mistake Peak
Mistake Peak () is a snowy summit (topography), peak, about high, rising west-southwest of Shapeless Mountain, at the south end of the Willett Range in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was so named in 1957 by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of ...
and running for 20 nautical miles (37 km) as a high shelf along the edge of the continental ice to the
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 ...
, in
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 ...
. The range is breached by several glaciers flowing east from the plateau. Named by the
New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the
Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) of 1955–1958 was a Commonwealth-sponsored expedition that successfully completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica, via the South Pole. It was the first expedition to reach the South ...
(1956–58) for
R.W. Willett, Director of the
New Zealand Geological Survey, who gave valuable assistance throughout the expedition and in the compilation stages after its return.
Mountain ranges of Victoria Land
Scott Coast
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