Southern Cross Mountains is the name applied to the group of

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Priestley Glacier The Priestley Glacier is a major valley glacier, about long, originating at the edge of the Polar Plateau of Victoria Land, Antarctica. The glacier drains southeast between the Deep Freeze and Eisenhower Ranges to enter the northern end of the ...

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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 ...

. Seaward parts of this area were first viewed by

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in 1841 and subsequently by expeditions led by Borchgrevink, Scott,

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. The precise mapping of its overall features was accomplished from U.S. Navy air photographs and surveys by New Zealand and American parties in the 1950s and 1960s. Named by the northern party of NZGSAE, 1965–66.

Features

Geographical features of Southern Cross Mountains include:

Arrowhead Range

Other features

* Archambault Ridge *

Aviator Glacier Aviator Glacier is a major valley glacier in Antarctica that is over long and wide, descending generally southward from the plateau of Victoria Land along the west side of Mountaineer Range, and entering Lady Newnes Bay between Cape Sibbald a ...

Chisholm Hills The Chisholm Hills () are a group of steep-sided hills situated east of Gair Mesa in the Southern Cross Mountains, Victoria Land. They were named by the southern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition The New Zealand Geo ...

Cosmonette Glacier Cosmonette Glacier () is a tributary glacier in the Southern Cross Mountains, flowing east along the north side of the Daley Hills to Aviator Glacier, in Victoria Land. It was named by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarc ...

Daughtery Peaks The Daughtery Peaks () are a small cluster of bare rock peaks high that surmount the south wall of Cosmonaut Glacier in the Southern Cross Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. They were mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys ...

Hades Terrace Hades Terrace is a steep, mainly ice-covered bluff along the east side of Campbell Glacier, situated just west of the Vulcan Hills in the Southern Cross Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named by the northern party of the New Zealand ...

Linn Mesa Linn Mesa () is a small mesa located south of the Chisholm Hills in the Southern Cross Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy The United States Navy (USN) is ...

Mount Jiracek Mount Jiracek is a mountain, high, rising at the west side of the head of Tinker Glacier, in the Southern Cross Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, ...

Schulte Hills Schulte Hills () is a small group of low hills lying 5 nautical miles (9 km) south-southwest of Stewart Heights in the Southern Cross Mountains, Victoria Land. Named by the southern party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition T ...

Shoemaker Glacier Shoemaker Glacier () is a tributary glacier in the Southern Cross Mountains of Antarctica, flowing east along the south side of Daley Hills to Aviator Glacier, in Victoria Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S ...

Styx Glacier Styx Glacier () is a tributary glacier in the Southern Cross Mountains, flowing southeast to enter Campbell Glacier between Wood Ridge and Pinckard Table, in Victoria Land. Observed by the Northern Party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarcti ...

Tinker Glacier The Tinker Glacier is a 40 kilometre (25 mile) long glacier in Antarctica, draining the central part of the Southern Cross Mountains and flowing SE into Wood Bay, on the coast of Victoria Land. Named by the Northern Party of the New Zealand Geol ...

Vulcan Hills Vulcan Hills () is a group of small volcanic hills about 4 nautical miles (7 km) southwest of Shulte Hills in the Southern Cross Mountains of Victoria Land. Named by the southern party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition The ...

Wood Ridge Wood Ridge () is a flat-topped, ice-covered ridge, 7 nautical miles (13 km) long, extending in a north–south direction between Campbell and Styx Glaciers in the Southern Cross Mountains, Victoria Land. Mapped by United States Geological ...

References

* Mountain ranges of Victoria Land Borchgrevink Coast {{BorchgrevinkCoast-geo-stub