The Insel Range () is a series of ice-free flat-topped peaks resembling islands which rise above the surrounding terrain and separate
McKelvey Valley McKelvey Valley () is a valley between the western part of the Olympus Range and the Insel Range, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE) (1958–59) for B.C. McKelvey, a geolo ...
from
Balham Valley Balham Valley is an ice-free valley between the Insel Range and the Apocalypse Peaks, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (1958–59) for R.W. Balham, biologist with the New Zeala ...
, 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 ...
, Antarctica. It was so named by the
Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition The Antarctic Research Centre (ARC) is part of the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences at Victoria University of Wellington. Its mission is to research "Antarctic climate history and processes, and their influence on the global clima ...
(1958–59) because of the resemblance to islands.
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* Balham Valley Balham Valley is an ice-free valley between the Insel Range and the Apocalypse Peaks, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (1958–59) for R.W. Balham, biologist with the New Zeala ...
* Bullseye Lake Bullseye Lake () is a very small pond lying near the center of an elliptical depression in the Insel Range, northeast of Mount Boreas, in Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region in eastern Antarctica which fronts the western side of the Ross ...
* Canfield Mesa
Canfield Mesa () is an ice-free Antarctic mesa of extent, located east-northeast of Green Mesa in the western part of the Insel Range, Victoria Land. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in 1997, after Donald E. Canfield, S ...
* Green Mesa
Green Mesa () is an ice-free mesa of extent, located west-southwest of Canfield Mesa in the western part of the Insel Range, Victoria Land, Antarctica.
It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (1997) after William J. Green, ...
* Halzen Mesa Halzen Mesa () is an oblong islandlike mesa, long and rising to , that is the largest and easternmost of three mesas in the Insel Range, McMurdo Dry Valleys, in Victoria Land. The upper surface is relatively level but the periphery is marked by abr ...
* McKelvey Valley McKelvey Valley () is a valley between the western part of the Olympus Range and the Insel Range, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE) (1958–59) for B.C. McKelvey, a geolo ...
* Mount Insel
Mount Insel () is the highest point in the northeastern part of the Insel Range, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (1958–59) in association with the Insel Range.
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Mountain ranges of Victoria Land
McMurdo Dry Valleys
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