The Moore Mountains () are a small but conspicuous group of mountains just north of
New Year Pass in the
Queen Elizabeth Range in Antarctica. They were observed in 1957 by the New Zealand southern party of the
Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) of 1955–1958 was a Commonwealth-sponsored expedition that successfully completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica, via the South Pole. It was the first expedition to reach the South ...
(1956–58) and named for
R.D. Moore, Treasurer of the
Ross Sea Committee.
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References
Mountain ranges of the Ross Dependency
Shackleton Coast
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