The Frigate Range () is a high mountain range extending east from Mount Markham in the Queen Elizabeth Range of Antarctica.

Name

The Frigate Range was named by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE; 1961–62) to commemorate the work of the New Zealand frigates on Antarctic patrol duties.

Location

The Frigate Range is a ridge in the east of the Queen Elizabeth Range, bounded by the

Lowery Glacier Lowery Glacier () is a glacier about long, which flows north from Prince Andrew Plateau, Antarctica, along the east side of the Queen Elizabeth Range to enter Nimrod Glacier. It was named by the New Zealand Geological and Topographical Survey Ex ...

to the east, the

Kent Glacier Lowery Glacier () is a glacier about long, which flows north from Prince Andrew Plateau, Antarctica, along the east side of the Queen Elizabeth Range to enter Nimrod Glacier. It was named by the New Zealand Geological and Topographical Survey Exp ...

to the south and the

Rowland Glacier Lowery Glacier () is a glacier about long, which flows north from Prince Andrew Plateau, Antarctica, along the east side of the Queen Elizabeth Range to enter Nimrod Glacier. It was named by the New Zealand Geological and Topographical Survey Exp ...

to the north. Mount Markham is to the west of the range. The

Otago Glacier The Nimrod Glacier is a major glacier about 135 km (85 mi) long, flowing from the polar plateau in a northerly direction through the Transantarctic Mountains between the Geologists and Miller Ranges, then northeasterly between the Chur ...

forms to the northwest of the Frigate Range and flows north. Features of the range, from west to east, include Mount Hawea, Mount Pukaki, Mount Rotoiti and Mount Wyss.

Features

Mount Hawea

. A peak, high, standing east of Mount Markham. Named by the northern party of the NZGSAE (1961-62) for the New Zealand frigate, ''Hawea''.

Mount Pukaki

. A peak between Mount Hawea and Mount Rotoiti. Named by the northern party of the NZGSAE (1961-62) for the New Zealand frigate ''Pukaki''.

Mount Rotoiti

. A peak, high, standing northeast of Mount Pukaki. Named by the northern party of the NZGSAE (1961-62) for the New Zealand frigate, ''Rotoiti''.

Mount Wyss

. A peak, high, standing east of Mount Rotoiti. Mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by the United States

Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names 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 ...

(US-ACAN) for Orville Wyss, USARP biologist at McMurdo Station, 1962-63.

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* * * {{refend Mountain ranges of the Ross Dependency Shackleton Coast