Mountaineer Range is the range of

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s lying between the

Mariner A sailor, seaman, mariner, or seafarer is a person who works aboard a watercraft as part of its crew, and may work in any one of a number of different fields that are related to the operation and maintenance of a ship. The profession of the s ...

and Aviator Glaciers 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 ...

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. The seaward parts of the range were first viewed by

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in 1841, and subsequently by several British and later American expeditions. The precise mapping of its overall features was accomplished from

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air photographs and surveys by

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and American parties in the 1950s and 1960s. Named by the

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(NZGSAE), 1958–59, in keeping with the backgrounds of members of the 1957–58 and 1958–59 field parties who made a

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of the area, and also in association with the names "Aviator" and "Mariner". The highest point is Mount Murchison, at , on the rugged divide between the

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and

Wylde Glacier Lady Newnes Bay is a bay about 60 mi long in the western Ross Sea, extending along the coast of Victoria Land from Cape Sibbald to Coulman Island. Discovered by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1898–1900, led by Carstens Borchgrevink. He n ...

s. Discovered in January 1841 by Ross who named this feature for Sir

Roderick Impey Murchison Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, 1st Baronet, (19 February 1792 – 22 October 1871) was a Scottish geologist who served as director-general of the British Geological Survey from 1855 until his death in 1871. He is noted for investigating and ...

, then general secretary of the

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List of mountains

* Mount Murchison, *

Mount Anakiwa Mountaineer Range is the range of mountains lying between the Mariner and Aviator Glaciers in Victoria Land, Antarctica. The seaward parts of the range were first viewed by Ross in 1841, and subsequently by several British and later American expe ...

(), situated 3 nautical miles (6 km) north of

Mount Supernal Mountaineer Range is the range of mountains lying between the Mariner and Aviator Glaciers in Victoria Land, Antarctica. The seaward parts of the range were first viewed by Ross in 1841, and subsequently by several British and later American expe ...

. Named by the northern party of NZGSAE, 1966–67, after the

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, Anakiwa,

. *

Mount Brabec Mountaineer Range is the range of mountains lying between the Mariner Glacier, Mariner and Aviator Glaciers in Victoria Land, Antarctica. The seaward parts of the range were first viewed by James Clark Ross, Ross in 1841, and subsequently by sever ...

References

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