Mount Irvine (Antarctica)
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Mount Irvine () is a peak rising to between
Vogler Peak Vogler Peak () is a rock peak (2,050 m) 0.75 mile southwest of Mount Irvine on Roa Ridge in Asgard Range, Victoria Land. Named for Jane Vogler, National Science Foundation (NSF) program manager, who was NSF Science Representative at McM ...
and
Hoehn Peak Hoehn Peak is a peak rising to at the head of Matterhorn Glacier on Roa Ridge; the peak marks the southern end of Morelli Ridge in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (1997) af ...
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Roa Ridge Roa Ridge () is a bow-shaped ridge, long in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. For much of its extent, it separates Matterhorn Glacier and Lacroix Glacier. From northwest to southeast, summits on the ridge include Vogler Peak, Mount Ir ...
, the dividing ridge at the heads of
Bartley Glacier Bartley Glacier () is a hanging glacier on the south wall of Wright Valley in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, just west of Meserve Glacier. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for construction driver Ollie B. Bartley, U ...
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Matterhorn Glacier The Matterhorn Glacier (German: ''Matterhorngletscher'') is a glacier of the Pennine Alps, located at the base of the north face of the Matterhorn (4478m above the sea), south of Zermatt. It has a maximum width of approximately 2.5 km and r ...
in
Asgard Range The Asgard Range is a mountain range in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It divides Wright Valley from Taylor Glacier and Taylor Valley, and was named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (1958–59) after Asgard, the home o ...
,
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 mountain was named by New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB) (1998) after Sir Robin Irvine (1929–96), formerly Vice Chancellor of the
University of Otago , image_name = University of Otago Registry Building2.jpg , image_size = , caption = University clock tower , motto = la, Sapere aude , mottoeng = Dare to be wise , established = 1869; 152 years ago , type = Public research collegiate u ...
, Chairman of the Ross Dependency Research Committee and of the Antarctic New Zealand Board.


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Mountains of the Asgard Range McMurdo Dry Valleys {{McMurdoDryValleys-geo-stub