The Lyttelton Range () is a narrow northwest-trending mountain range located south of

Dunedin Range The Dunedin Range () is a northwest-trending mountain range, long and wide. It is located east of Lyttelton Range in the Admiralty Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. Name The Dunedin Range was mapped by the United States Geological Surv ...

in the

Admiralty Mountains The Admiralty Mountains (alternatively Admiralty Range) is a large group of high mountains and individually named ranges and ridges in northeastern Victoria Land, Antarctica. This mountain group is bounded by the sea (Ross Sea and Southern Ocean) ...

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. The range is long and forms the western wall of the upper part of the

Dennistoun Glacier The Dennistoun Glacier () is a glacier, long, draining the northern slopes of Mount Black Prince, Mount Royalist and Mount Adam in the Admiralty Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It flows northwest between the Lyttelton Range and Dune ...

Exploration and naming

The Lyttelton Range was mapped by

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(USGS) from surveys and

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air photos, 1960-63. It was named by the United States

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(US-ACAN) after the port of

Lyttelton, New Zealand Lyttelton ( or ''Riritana'') is a port town on the north shore of Lyttelton Harbour / Whakaraupō, at the northwestern end of Banks Peninsula and close to Christchurch, on the eastern coast of the South Island of New Zealand. As a landing point ...

, where over the years, many expedition ships refueled and replenished supplies en route to Antarctica; also in recognition of the friendship and cooperation of its citizens with American participation in the U.S. Antarctic Research Program.

Location

Lyttelton Range lies between Findlay Range, which extends southeast from Robinson Heights, to the west, and the Dunedin Range to the east. The upper

flows past its east side. The Atkinson Glacier flows between Findlay Range and the west side of Lyttelton Range, flowing northward into Dennistoun Glacier.

Features

Features include Wetmore Peak and Lange Peak.

Wetmore Peak

. A peak high in the north part of Lyttelton Range, east-northeast of Mount Bierle. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by US-ACAN for Cliff Wetmore,

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(USARP) biologist at

Hallett Station Cape Hallett is a snow-free area (Antarctic oasis) on the northern tip of the Hallett Peninsula on the Ross Sea coast of Victoria Land, East Antarctica. Cape Adare lies to the north. History In 1956, during Operation Deep Freeze II, was dama ...

, 1963-64.

Lange Peak

. Peak high in the west-central part of Lyttelton Range. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by US-ACAN for USARP biologist Otto L. Lange of Hallett Station, 1966-67.

Saxby Pass

. A snow-covered pass through Lyttelton Range south of Lange Peak. The pass was used by a

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(NZARP) field party led by R.H. Findlay, 1981-82, in travel between Atkinson Glacier and Dennistoun Glacier. Named by

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(NZ-APC) after Eric Saxby.

References

Sources

* * {{Include-USGov , agency=United States Geological Survey Mountain ranges of the Ross Dependency Admiralty Mountains