King Range is a

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 ...

, 22 km (14 mi) long and 8 km (5 mi) wide, in northwestern

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 ...

. The range is bounded on the west by Rawle Glacier and

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 ...

, on the northwest by Black Glacier and on the NE and east by the head of

Lillie Glacier Lillie Glacier () is a large glacier in Antarctica, about long and wide. It lies between the Bowers Mountains on the west and the Concord Mountains and Anare Mountains on the east, flowing to Ob' Bay on the coast and forming the Lillie Glacier T ...

. The range forms part of the

Concord Mountains The Concord Mountains is a group name applied to a complex system of mountain ranges in northwest Victoria Land, Antarctica, comprising the Everett Range, Mirabito Range, King Range, Leitch Massif, East Quartzite Range and West Quartzite Range. It ...

. The range was mapped by the

USGS The United States Geological Survey (USGS), formerly simply known as the Geological Survey, is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, a ...

from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1960–63. Named by

US-ACAN 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 ...

for Cdr. James P. King, USN, staff meteorological officer on Deep Freeze operations, 1962–64.

References

* {{coord, 71, 52, S, 165, 03, E, type:mountain, display=title Mountain ranges of Victoria Land Pennell Coast