The Deep Freeze Range () is a rugged
mountain range, over long and about wide, rising between
Priestley and
Campbell Glaciers in
Victoria Land,
Antarctica, and extending from the edge of the polar plateau to
Terra Nova Bay. Peaks in the low and mid portions of the range were observed by early British expeditions to the
Ross Sea.
The range was mapped in detail by the
United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1955-63. It was named by the
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 ...
in recognition of the support to research provided by the U.S. Navy's
Operation Deep Freeze expeditions to Antarctica for many years beginning in 1954.
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Geological features
Mount Adamson
Mount Adamson () is a peak, high, rising east-northeast of Mount Hewson. It was named by the northern party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1965–66, for R. Adamson, a geologist with this party.
Mount Dickason
Mount Dickason () is a prominent mountain, high, at the head of Boomerang Glacier. It was first mapped by the Northern Party of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, and named for Harry Dickason, Royal Navy, a member of the Northern Party.
Mount Hewson
Mount Hewson () is a bluff-type mountain () standing WSW of Mount Adamson. It was named by the southern party of NZGSAE, 1962–63, for R.W. Hewson, leader and surveyor of this party; also a surveyor for the northern party of NZGSAE, 1961-62.
Mount Queensland
Mount Queensland () is a prominent mountain, high, standing north of Mount Dickason. It was discovered by the ''Discovery'' Expedition, 1901–04, which named this mountain for the state of Queensland, Australia, in recognition of the assistance given the expedition by its government.
Shafer Peak
Shafer Peak () is a prominent peak, high, standing south of Mount Hewson. It was mapped by the USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1955-63. It was named by the 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 ...
for Lieutenant Cdt. Willard G. Shafer, (CEC) U.S. Navy, officer in charge of the nuclear power plant at McMurdo Station
McMurdo Station is a United States Antarctic research station on the south tip of Ross Island, which is in the New Zealand-claimed Ross Dependency on the shore of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica. It is operated by the United States through the Unit ...
, winter party 1965.
Cape Sastrugi
Cape Sastrugi
Cape Sastrugi () is a sharply projecting point on the west side of Deep Freeze Range, standing 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) northwest of Snowy Point
The Deep Freeze Range () is a rugged mountain range, over long and about wide, rising bet ...
projects from the west side of the range, overlooking the north portion of Nansen Ice Sheet.
Glaciers
Rebuff Glacier
Rebuff Glacier
Rebuff Glacier () is a tributary glacier descending from the Deep Freeze Range and entering Campbell Glacier Campbell Glacier () is a glacier, about long, originating near the south end of Mesa Range and draining southeast between the Deep Freeze ...
is a tributary glacier which descends from the Deep Freeze Range before entering Campbell Glacier.
References
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Mountain ranges of Victoria Land