The Mesa Range () is a range of flat-topped
mesas comprising the
Sheehan
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Pain
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Tobin and
Gair Mesas, situated at the head of the
Rennick Glacier in
Victoria Land, Antarctica. it was given this descriptive name by the northern party of the
New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition of 1962–63.
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Features
* Biretta Peak
* Campbell Glacier Campbell Glacier () is a glacier, about long, originating near the south end of Mesa Range and draining southeast between the Deep Freeze Range and Mount Melbourne to discharge into north Terra Nova Bay. The lower end of the glacier was observed by ...
* Exposure Hill Exposure Hill () is a low hill at the southwest end of Gair Mesa, in the Mesa Range, Victoria Land, Antarctica. This topographical feature was so named by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, 1962–63, beca ...
* Gair Mesa Gair Mesa () is the southernmost mesa of the Mesa Range, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, 1962–63, for H.S. Gair, geologist and leader of this party. This ...
* Haban Spur
Haban Spur () is a bold rock spur north of Scarab Peak, extending northeast from the east central part of Tobin Mesa in the Mesa Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. The feature was geologically studied by an Ohio State University field party durin ...
* Mericle Rock
* Mills Valley
* Monument Nunataks
The Monument Nunataks () are a group of nunataks in Antarctica that have numerous pinnacles and odd-shaped projections resembling monuments, situated at the northern extremity of the Mesa Range, north of Sculpture Mountain in the upper part of Re ...
* Mount Ballou
* Mount Fazio
Mount Fazio () is an ice-free mountain, high, marking the southwest end of Tobin Mesa, in the Mesa Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. This topographical feature was first mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy ...
* Mount Masley
* Pain Mesa
* Pinnacle Gap
* Scarab Peak Scarab Peak () is a prominent peak, 3,160 m, located 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) northeast of Mount Frustum in the southeast end of Tobin Mesa, the Mesa Range, Victoria Land. Named by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological S ...
* Sheehan Mesa
* Siders Bluff Siders Bluff () is a bold rock bluff that forms the northwest end of Tobin Mesa in the Mesa Range, Victoria Land. The bluff exposes an easily accessible section of Jurassic basalt. The feature was studied by Ohio State University geological parties ...
* Tobin Mesa Tobin Mesa () is a large mesa in the Mesa Range, between Pain Mesa on the north and Gair Mesa Gair Mesa () is the southernmost mesa of the Mesa Range, in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was named by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological S ...
* Veto Gap
Veto Gap () is a gap between Tobin and Gair Mesas in the Mesa Range of Victoria Land, Antarctica which provides access from upper Rennick Glacier to the Aeronaut Glacier. It was named "Veto" by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Sur ...
* Watchtower Hill Watchtower Hill () is a small, pointed hill at the southeast side of Pinnacle Gap in the Mesa Range, in Victoria Land. So named by the northern party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic ...
References
Mountain ranges of Victoria Land
Pennell Coast
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