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Aurora Heights is a prominent feature long, bordering the north side of
Argosy Glacier Argosy Glacier () is a glacier about long, flowing east through the Miller Range to enter Marsh Glacier north of Kreiling Mesa. It was named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1961–62). See also * List of glaciers in ...
in the Miller Range. It was named by the
New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica. The expeditions were notably active throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Features named by the expeditions 1957 ...
(1961–62) for the '' Aurora'', the ship of the
Ross Sea Party The Ross Sea party was a component of Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1914–1917 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. Its task was to lay a series of supply depots across the Great Ice Barrier from the Ross Sea to the Beardmore Glacier, along the polar ...
of the British Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914–17).


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* Mountains of Oates Land {{OatesLand-geo-stub