The Admiralty Mountains (alternatively Admiralty Range) is a large group of high
mountain
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s and individually named
ranges
In the Hebrew Bible and in the Old Testament, the word ranges has two very different meanings.
Leviticus
In Leviticus 11:35, ranges probably means a cooking furnace for two or more pots, as the Hebrew word here is in the dual number; or perhaps ...
and ridges in northeastern
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. I ...
,
Antarctica
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. This mountain group is bounded by the
Ross Sea
The Ross Sea is a deep bay of the Southern Ocean in Antarctica, between Victoria Land and Marie Byrd Land and within the Ross Embayment, and is the southernmost sea on Earth. It derives its name from the British explorer James Clark Ross who vi ...
, the
Southern Ocean
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, and by the
Dennistoun
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,
Ebbe
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*Ebbe Carlsson (1947–1992), Swedish journalist and publisher
*Ebbe Frick, Swedish sprint canoer
* Ebbe ...
, and
Tucker
Tucker may refer to:
Places United States
* Tucker, Arkansas
* Tucker, Georgia
* Tucker, Mississippi
* Tucker, Missouri
* Tucker, Utah, ghost town
* Tucker County, West Virginia
Outer space
* Tucker (crater), a small lunar impact crater in ...
glaciers.
The mountain range is situated on the Pennell Coast, a portion of Antarctica lying between
Cape Williams Cape Williams () is an ice-covered cape in Antarctica. It is the termination of Buell Peninsula at the east side of the terminus of Lillie Glacier at the lower ends of George Glacier and Zykov Glacier. The peninsula is 15 nautical miles (28  ...
and
Cape Adare.
It was discovered in January 1841 by Captain
James Ross, who named them for the
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
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under whose orders he served.
[
The Admiralty Mountains are divided into the ]Dunedin Range
The Dunedin Range () is a northwest-trending mountain range, 37 km (23 mi) long and 3 to 6 km (2 to 4 mi) wide, located 8 km east of Lyttelton Range in the Admiralty Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. Mapped by USGS f ...
, Homerun Range
The Homerun Range () is a northwest-trending mountain range, 45 km (28 mi) long and 3 to 11 km (2 to 7 mi) wide, east of Everett Range at the heads of the Ebbe and Tucker glaciers in Victoria Land, Antarctica.
Its name derives ...
, and Lyttelton Range
The Lyttelton Range () is a narrow northwest-trending mountain range located south of Dunedin Range in the Admiralty Mountains of Antarctica. The range is 26 km (16 mi) long and forms the western wall of the upper part of the Dennistoun G ...
.
Mountains and peaks
This range includes the following mountains and peaks:
Mount Achilles
Mount Achilles is a prominent pyramid
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al mountain rising from the divide between Fitch Glacier
Fitch Glacier () is a tributary glacier that flows south along the east side of the McGregor Range (Antarctica), McGregor Range to enter Man-o-War Glacier in the Admiralty Mountains of northeastern Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the ...
and Man-o-War Glacier
Man-o-War Glacier () is a tributary glacier in the Admiralty Mountains of Antarctica. It drains the vicinity south of Mount Black Prince and Mount Royalist and flows southward to enter Tucker Glacier between the McGregor Range and Novasio Ridge. ...
. Named by New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica. The expeditions were notably active throughout the 1950s and 1960s.
Features named by the expeditions 195 ...
(NZGSAE), 1957–58, after the former New Zealand
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cruiser .
Mount Adam
Mount Adam is situated WNW of Mount Minto
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. Discovered in January 1841 by Captain Ross who named this feature for Vice Admiral Sir Charles Adam
Admiral Sir Charles Adam (6 October 1780 – 19 September 1853) was a British naval commander and Lord of the Admiralty who served during the Napoleonic Wars. He later commanded the royal yacht, ''Royal Sovereign'', and was the Member of Par ...
, a senior naval lord of the Admiralty.
Mount Ajax
Mount Ajax rises 1.5 km (1 mi) WSW of Mount Royalist
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 Ross Sea, the Southern Ocean, and ...
. Named by the New Zealand
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GSAE, 1957–58, after ''HMNZS Ajax''. The mountain is one of several in this area named for New Zealand ships.
Mount Bevin
Mount Bevin is a prominent sharply pointed mountain at the western side of the head of Murray Glacier
Murray Glacier () is a valley glacier, long, draining seaward along the east side of Geikie Ridge in the Admiralty Mountains. Its terminus coalesces with that of Dugdale Glacier where both glaciers discharge into Robertson Bay along the north c ...
. The mountain stands 2 miles (3.2 km) west-northwest of Mount Sabine. Named by 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 ...
(US-ACAN) (2004) after Anthony (Tony) J. Bevin, Surveyor-General
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The following surveyor gen ...
of New Zealand
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, and Chairman of the New Zealand Geographic Board
The New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa (NZGB) was established by the New Zealand Geographic Board Act 1946, which has since been replaced by the New Zealand Geographic Board (Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa) Act 2008. Althoug ...
, 1996–2004, with responsibility for New Zealand surveying and place naming in Antarctica.
Mount Black Prince
Mount Black Prince is composed of dark colored rock, which tends to create an imposing appearance. Located west of Mount Ajax. Named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica. The expeditions were notably active throughout the 1950s and 1960s.
Features named by the expeditions 195 ...
(NZ GSAE), 1957–58, for its appearance and also for the New Zealand Cruiser ''HMNZS Black Prince''.
Mount Gilruth
Mount Gilruth is a mostly ice-covered mountain (3,160 m) 4.5 nautical miles (8 km) east-northeast of Mount Adam. Mapped by United States Geological Survey
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(USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy
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air photos, 1960-63. Named by 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 ...
(US-ACAN) for Robert R. Gilruth
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He worked ...
of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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NASA was established in 1958, succeeding ...
, a visitor 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 Un ...
, 1966-67.

Mount Minto
Mount Minto is a lofty, mostly ice-free mountain
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located E of Mount Adam in the central portion of the range. Discovered in January 1841 by Captain James Ross, who named it for the Earl of Minto
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, then First Lord of the Admiralty
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. The first ascent was made in 1988 by the Australian Bicentennial Antarctic Expedition led by Greg Mortimer
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and included Lincoln Hall.
Mount Parker
Mount Parker is a bluff-type mountain
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along the western side of Nash Glacier
The Nash Glacier is a long glacier, draining the northern slopes of Dunedin Range in the Admiralty Mountains in north-eastern Antarctica. The Glacier terminus, terminus of this glacier merges with that of Wallis Glacier and Dennistoun Glacier befo ...
. The area was mapped by the USGS
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from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-63. The name Mount Parker was given to a mountain in this general vicinity by Captain James Ross, in 1840, honoring Vice Admiral Sir William Parker
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, a senior naval lord of the Admiralty, 1834-41. For the sake of historical continuity US-ACAN has retained the name for this mountain.
Mount Peacock
Mount Peacock is a high peak Peak or The Peak may refer to:
Basic meanings Geology
* Mountain peak
** Pyramidal peak, a mountaintop that has been sculpted by erosion to form a point Mathematics
* Peak hour or rush hour, in traffic congestion
* Peak (geometry), an (''n''-3)-di ...
standing directly at the head of Kelly Glacier
Tucker Glacier is a major valley glacier of Victoria Land, about 144 km (90 mi) long, flowing southeast between Admiralty Mountains and Victory Mountains to the Ross Sea. There is a snow saddle at the glacier's head, just west of Homerun ...
, southwest of Mount Herschel
Mount Herschel is a conspicuous peak standing northeast of Mount Peacock and overlooking the terminus of Ironside Glacier from the south, in the Admiralty Mountains, Victoria Land, Antarctica.
The peak was discovered in 1841 by Sir James Cla ...
. It was discovered in January 1841 by Captain Ross who named it for the Very Reverend Dr. George Peacock
George Peacock FRS (9 April 1791 – 8 November 1858) was an English mathematician and Anglican cleric. He founded what has been called the British algebra of logic.
Early life
Peacock was born on 9 April 1791 at Thornton Hall, Denton, near ...
, Dean of Ely.
Mount Royalist
Mount Royalist is a prominent mountain standing west of Mount Adam. Named by the New Zealand GSAE, 1957–58, for its impressive appearance and also for the New Zealand cruiser ''HMNZS Royalist''. Several adjacent peaks are named for New Zealand ships including Mount Ajax and Mount Black Prince.
Mount Sabine
Mount Sabine ( ) is a prominent, relatively snow-free mountain
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rising between the heads of Murray Glacier
Murray Glacier () is a valley glacier, long, draining seaward along the east side of Geikie Ridge in the Admiralty Mountains. Its terminus coalesces with that of Dugdale Glacier where both glaciers discharge into Robertson Bay along the north c ...
and Burnette Glacier Moubray Bay () is a bay in the western Ross Sea, indenting the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica, between Cape Roget and Cape Hallett. It was discovered in 1841 by Sir James Clark Ross
Sir James Clark Ross (15 April 1800 – 3 April 1862 ...
. Discovered on January 11, 1841, by Captain James Ross, Royal Navy
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, who named this feature for Lieutenant Colonel Edward Sabine
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He led the effort to establish a system of magnetic observatories in ...
of the Royal Artillery
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, Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society
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, one of the most active supporters of the expedition.
Features
* Atkinson Glacier
Atkinson Glacier () is a glacier between Findlay Range and Lyttelton Range, Admiralty Mountains, flowing northward into Dennistoun Glacier. Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1983 after William Atkinson, field assista ...
* Baldwin Bluff Moubray Bay () is a bay in the western Ross Sea, indenting the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica, between Cape Roget and Cape Hallett. It was discovered in 1841 by Sir James Clark Ross
Sir James Clark Ross (15 April 1800 – 3 April 1862 ...
* Brewer Peak
Brewer Peak () is a summit (topography), peak, high, along the west wall of Pitkevitch Glacier near the glacier's head, in the Admiralty Mountains, a major mountain range of Victoria Land, Antarctica. The topographical feature was first mapped ...
* Burnette Glacier Moubray Bay () is a bay in the western Ross Sea, indenting the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica, between Cape Roget and Cape Hallett. It was discovered in 1841 by Sir James Clark Ross
Sir James Clark Ross (15 April 1800 – 3 April 1862 ...
* Church Glacier
Tucker Glacier is a major valley glacier of Victoria Land, about 144 km (90 mi) long, flowing southeast between Admiralty Mountains and Victory Mountains to the Ross Sea. There is a snow saddle at the glacier's head, just west of Homerun ...
* Church Ridge
Tucker Glacier is a major valley glacier of Victoria Land, about 144 km (90 mi) long, flowing southeast between Admiralty Mountains and Victory Mountains to the Ross Sea. There is a snow saddle at the glacier's head, just west of Homerun ...
* Cracktrack Glacier
Tucker Glacier is a major valley glacier of Victoria Land, about 144 km (90 mi) long, flowing southeast between Admiralty Mountains and Victory Mountains to the Ross Sea. There is a snow saddle at the glacier's head, just west of Homerun ...
* Crandall Peak
Crandall Peak () is a mostly snow-covered peak, high, located mid-way along the west wall of Pitkevitch Glacier in the Admiralty Mountains, a major mountain range lying in Victoria Land, Antarctica. The topographical feature was first mapped by t ...
* DeAngelo Glacier DeAngelo Glacier is a tributary glacier which drains the slopes of Mount Robinson in the Admiralty Mountains. It flows southeast to enter Moubray Glacier southward of Mount Ruegg. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys a ...
* Deming Glacier
Tucker Glacier is a major valley glacier of Victoria Land, about 144 km (90 mi) long, flowing southeast between Admiralty Mountains and Victory Mountains to the Ross Sea. There is a snow saddle at the glacier's head, just west of Homerun ...
* Dennistoun Glacier
The Dennistoun Glacier is a glacier, long, draining the northern slopes of Mounts Black Prince, Royalist and Adam in the Admiralty Mountains of Victoria Land in Antarctica. It flows northwest between the Lyttelton Range and Dunedin Range, turni ...
* DuBridge Range DuBridge Range () is a mountain range, over 20 nautical miles (37 km) long in the Admiralty Mountains. The range trends southwest–northeast between Pitkevitch Glacier and Shipley Glacier and terminates at the north coast of Victoria Land jus ...
* Dugdale Glacier
Dugdale Glacier () is a glacier about long, draining northeast from the Admiralty Mountains into Robertson Bay on the north coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. The geographical feature flows along the west side of Geikie Ridge before coalesci ...
* Dunedin Range
The Dunedin Range () is a northwest-trending mountain range, 37 km (23 mi) long and 3 to 6 km (2 to 4 mi) wide, located 8 km east of Lyttelton Range in the Admiralty Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. Mapped by USGS f ...
* Elsner Ridge
The Homerun Range () is a northwest-trending mountain range, 45 km (28 mi) long and 3 to 11 km (2 to 7 mi) wide, east of Everett Range at the heads of the Ebbe and Tucker glaciers in Victoria Land, Antarctica.
Its name derives ...
* Fendley Glacier
Fendley Glacier () is a glacier, long, flowing northeast from the Admiralty Mountains to enter the sea between Mount Cherry-Garrard and the Atkinson Cliffs, on the north coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. This geographical feature was first map ...
* Field Névé
Tucker Glacier is a major valley glacier of Victoria Land, about 144 km (90 mi) long, flowing southeast between Admiralty Mountains and Victory Mountains to the Ross Sea. There is a snow saddle at the glacier's head, just west of Homerun ...
* Findlay Range
The Findlay Range () is a mountain range lying parallel to and west of the Lyttelton Range, extending between Grigg Peak and Sorensen Peak in the Admiralty Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. This topographical feature was so named by the ...
* Fischer Ridge Fischer Ridge () is an ice-covered ridge trending northwest–southeast between Kirk Glacier and Ironside Glacier in the Admiralty Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Nav ...
* Fitch Glacier
Fitch Glacier () is a tributary glacier that flows south along the east side of the McGregor Range (Antarctica), McGregor Range to enter Man-o-War Glacier in the Admiralty Mountains of northeastern Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the ...
* Fowlie Glacier
The Dennistoun Glacier is a glacier, long, draining the northern slopes of Mounts Black Prince, Royalist and Adam in the Admiralty Mountains of Victoria Land in Antarctica. It flows northwest between the Lyttelton Range and Dunedin Range, turni ...
* Freimanis Glacier
Tucker Glacier is a major valley glacier of Victoria Land, about 144 km (90 mi) long, flowing southeast between Admiralty Mountains and Victory Mountains to the Ross Sea. There is a snow saddle at the glacier's head, just west of Homerun ...
* Gadsden Peaks Robinson Heights in Antarctica () is the mainly ice-covered heights (2,170 m), elliptical in plan and 15 nautical miles (28 km) long, which rise south of Anare Pass and form the northwest end of the Admiralty Mountains. It was mapped ...
* Geikie Ridge
Robertson Bay is a large, roughly triangular bay that indents the north coast of Victoria Land between Cape Barrow and Cape Adare. Discovered in 1841 by Captain James Clark Ross, Royal Navy, who named it for Dr. John Robertson, Surgeon on HMS '' ...
* Grigg Peak Robinson Heights in Antarctica () is the mainly ice-covered heights (2,170 m), elliptical in plan and 15 nautical miles (28 km) long, which rise south of Anare Pass and form the northwest end of the Admiralty Mountains. It was mapped ...
* Helman Glacier
Helman Glacier () is a small tributary glacier in the Admiralty Mountains of Antarctica, flowing southward between Mount Gleaton and Taylor Peak into Tucker Glacier. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy ...
* Ironside Glacier
Ironside Glacier is a glacier, about long, originating at the south side of Mount Minto in the Admiralty Mountains and draining southeast between Mount Whewell and Mount Herschel into Moubray Bay, Victoria Land, Antarctica. At its mouth it is ...
* Jennings Peak
The Dunedin Range () is a northwest-trending mountain range, 37 km (23 mi) long and 3 to 6 km (2 to 4 mi) wide, located 8 km east of Lyttelton Range in the Admiralty Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. Mapped by USGS fr ...
* Kelly Glacier
Tucker Glacier is a major valley glacier of Victoria Land, about 144 km (90 mi) long, flowing southeast between Admiralty Mountains and Victory Mountains to the Ross Sea. There is a snow saddle at the glacier's head, just west of Homerun ...
* Kirk Glacier Moubray Bay () is a bay in the western Ross Sea, indenting the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica, between Cape Roget and Cape Hallett. It was discovered in 1841 by Sir James Clark Ross
Sir James Clark Ross (15 April 1800 – 3 April 1862 ...
* Lange Peak
Lange Peak () is a peak, high, in the west-central part of the Lyttelton Range in the Admiralty Mountains of Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–63, and was named by th ...
* Lann Glacier
Lann Glacier () is a steep tributary glacier, long, in the north end of the Admiralty Mountains of Antarctica. The glacier is east of Rowles Glacier and flows northwest to enter Dennistoun Glacier. It was mapped by the United States Geological S ...
* Leander Glacier Leander Glacier () is a tributary glacier in the Admiralty Mountains of Antarctica, draining the area west of Mount Black Prince and flowing south between Shadow Bluff and the McGregor Range to enter Tucker Glacier. It was partially surveyed by ...
* Luther Peak Moubray Bay () is a bay in the western Ross Sea, indenting the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica, between Cape Roget and Cape Hallett. It was discovered in 1841 by Sir James Clark Ross
Sir James Clark Ross (15 April 1800 – 3 April 1862 ...
* Lyttelton Range
The Lyttelton Range () is a narrow northwest-trending mountain range located south of Dunedin Range in the Admiralty Mountains of Antarctica. The range is 26 km (16 mi) long and forms the western wall of the upper part of the Dennistoun G ...
* Man-o-War Glacier
Man-o-War Glacier () is a tributary glacier in the Admiralty Mountains of Antarctica. It drains the vicinity south of Mount Black Prince and Mount Royalist and flows southward to enter Tucker Glacier between the McGregor Range and Novasio Ridge. ...
* Massey Glacier
Massey Glacier () is a tributary glacier, long, draining the west slopes of Meier Peak in the Admiralty Mountains of Antarctica. It flows west along the south side of Wylie Ridge to join Man-o-War Glacier. Massey Glacier was mapped by the United ...
* Meier Peak Meier Peak () is a peak rising to at the south side of the head of Ironside Glacier, south-southwest of Mount Minto, in the Admiralty Mountains of Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air ph ...
* Mount Achilles
* Mount Bierle
The Findlay Range () is a mountain range lying parallel to and west of the Lyttelton Range, extending between Grigg Peak and Sorensen Peak in the Admiralty Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. This topographical feature was so named by the New ...
* Mount Brazil
Mount is often used as part of the name of specific mountains, e.g. Mount Everest.
Mount or Mounts may also refer to:
Places
* Mount, Cornwall, a village in Warleggan parish, England
* Mount, Perranzabuloe, a hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, ...
* Mount Chider
Mount Chider () is a notable mountain, high, standing southeast of Mount Hart in the Admiralty Mountains, Victoria Land, Antarctica.
Exploration and name
Mount Chider was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and ...
* Mount Emerson
Mount Emerson () is a mountain high, east-southeast of Brewer Peak in the southern part of the DuBridge Range in the Admiralty Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. The topographical feature was first mapped by the United States Geological ...
* Mount Eos
The Admiralty Mountains (alternatively Admiralty Range) is a large group of high mountains and individually named mountain range, ranges and ridges in northeastern Victoria Land, Antarctica. This mountain group is bounded by the Ross Sea, the Sou ...
* Mount Faget
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 Ross Sea, the Southern Ocean, a ...
* Mount Francis
Mount Francis () is a massive, ridgelike mountain, high, that overlooks Tucker Glacier from the north, standing between Tyler Glacier and Staircase Glacier in the Admiralty Mountains of Antarctica.
Exploration and name
Mount Francis was mappe ...
* Mount Frishman
Mount Frishman is a small, pointed mountain, high, in the eastern part of the Robinson Heights, in the Admiralty Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. The topographical feature was first mapped by the United States Geological Survey from survey ...
* Mount Gleaton
Mount Gleaton is a mountain, high, that overlooks Tucker Glacier from the north, standing near the end of the ridge just north of Helman Glacier, in the Admiralty Mountains of Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (U ...
* Mount Granholm Mount Granholm () is a mountain high, southeast of Mount Pittard in the northwest part of the Admiralty Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. The mountain lies situated on the Pennell Coast, a portion of Antarctica lying between Cape Williams a ...
* Mount Greene
Mount Greene is a mountain, high, at the south side of the mouth of Freimanis Glacier at the point the latter joins Tucker Glacier, in the Admiralty Mountains of Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surve ...
* Mount Hart
Mount Chider () is a notable mountain, high, standing southeast of Mount Hart in the Admiralty Mountains, Victoria Land, Antarctica.
Exploration and name
Mount Chider was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and ...
* Mount Herschel
Mount Herschel is a conspicuous peak standing northeast of Mount Peacock and overlooking the terminus of Ironside Glacier from the south, in the Admiralty Mountains, Victoria Land, Antarctica.
The peak was discovered in 1841 by Sir James Cla ...
* Mount Humphrey Lloyd
Mount Humphrey Lloyd is a conspicuous mountain, high, which forms a substantial part of the divide between the heads of Towles Glacier and Manhaul Glacier, in the Admiralty Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was discovered in 1841 by S ...
* Mount Kyle
Tucker Glacier is a major valley glacier of Victoria Land, about 144 km (90 mi) long, flowing southeast between Admiralty Mountains and Victory Mountains to the Ross Sea. There is a snow saddle at the glacier's head, just west of Homerun ...
* Mount LeResche
The Homerun Range () is a northwest-trending mountain range, 45 km (28 mi) long and 3 to 11 km (2 to 7 mi) wide, east of Everett Range at the heads of the Ebbe and Tucker glaciers in Victoria Land, Antarctica.
Its name derives ...
* Mount Lozen
Mount Francis () is a massive, ridgelike mountain, high, that overlooks Tucker Glacier from the north, standing between Tyler Glacier and Staircase Glacier in the Admiralty Mountains of Antarctica.
Exploration and name
Mount Francis was mapped ...
* Mount Midnight
Mount Midnight is a summit (topography), peak nearly high, standing on the north side of Tucker Glacier, west of Shadow Bluff, in the Admiralty Mountains of Antarctica. It was climbed by a geological team of the New Zealand Geological Survey ...
* Mount Parker
* Mount Pearigen
Mount Pearigen () is a prominent mountain (3,020 m) standing 6 nautical miles (11 km) northwest of Mount Hart in the Admiralty Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 196 ...
* Mount Pew
Mount Pew () is a mountain (2,950 m) that surmounts the central part of the ridge separating Kelly and Towles Glaciers, in the Admiralty Mountains in Antarctica. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air ...
* Mount Pittard
Mount Pittard () is a pointed mountain (2,410 m) standing 12 nautical miles (22 km) east of the north part of Homerun Range in the Admiralty Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy aeri ...
* Mount Ruegg
Slagle Ridge () is a high and massive snow-covered ridge between Slone Glacier and Burnette Glacier in the Admiralty Mountains, Victoria Land, Antarctica.
Exploration and name
Slagle Ridge was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) ...
* Mount Schaefer Robinson Heights in Antarctica () is the mainly ice-covered heights (2,170 m), elliptical in plan and 15 nautical miles (28 km) long, which rise south of Anare Pass and form the northwest end of the Admiralty Mountains. It was mapped ...
* Mount Shadow
Mount Shadow () is a small Summit (topography), peak in the Admiralty Mountains that rises above and close west of Shadow Bluff at the junction of the Tucker and Leander Glaciers. Climbed by the geological team of the New Zealand Geological Surve ...
* Mount Shelton
The Homerun Range () is a northwest-trending mountain range, 45 km (28 mi) long and 3 to 11 km (2 to 7 mi) wide, east of Everett Range at the heads of the Ebbe and Tucker glaciers in Victoria Land, Antarctica.
Its name derives ...
* Mount Titus
Mount Titus () is a mountain, 2,840 m, surmounting the heights between the Staircase and Kelly Glaciers in the Admiralty Mountains, Victoria Land, in eastern Antarctica.
It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U ...
* Mount Von Braun
Mount Von Braun () is a mountain (3,275 m) located 4 nautical miles (7 km) south of Mount Sabine in the Admiralty Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–63. Named b ...
* Mount Whewell
Mount Whewell () is a massive mountain (2,945 m) between the mouths of Ironside and Honeycomb Glaciers in the Admiralty Mountains, Victoria Land. Named by Sir James Clark Ross, January 15, 1841, for the Reverend Dr. William Whewell, Master ...
* Mount Wright
Mount Wright () is a peak over 1,800 m in the north part of the Admiralty Mountains, Victoria Land, Antarctica. It rises between Shipley Glacier and Crume Glacier, 8 nautical miles (15 km) southwest of Birthday Point. The featur ...
* Murray Glacier
Murray Glacier () is a valley glacier, long, draining seaward along the east side of Geikie Ridge in the Admiralty Mountains. Its terminus coalesces with that of Dugdale Glacier where both glaciers discharge into Robertson Bay along the north c ...
* Nash Glacier
The Nash Glacier is a long glacier, draining the northern slopes of Dunedin Range in the Admiralty Mountains in north-eastern Antarctica. The Glacier terminus, terminus of this glacier merges with that of Wallis Glacier and Dennistoun Glacier befo ...
* Novasio Ridge
Tucker Glacier is a major valley glacier of Victoria Land, about 144 km (90 mi) long, flowing southeast between Admiralty Mountains and Victory Mountains to the Ross Sea. There is a snow saddle at the glacier's head, just west of Homerun ...
* Ommanney Glacier
Robertson Bay is a large, roughly triangular bay that indents the north coast of Victoria Land between Cape Barrow (Antarctica), Cape Barrow and Cape Adare. Discovered in 1841 by Captain James Clark Ross, Royal Navy, who named it for Dr. John Robe ...
* Pitkevitch Glacier
Pitkevitch Glacier () is a glacier, 20 nautical miles (37 km) long, flowing north from the Admiralty Mountains along the west side of DuBridge Range. The glacier reaches the sea just east of Atkinson Cliffs, where it forms Anderson Icefalls. ...
* Rastorfer Glacier
Tucker Glacier is a major valley glacier of Victoria Land, about 144 km (90 mi) long, flowing southeast between Admiralty Mountains and Victory Mountains to the Ross Sea. There is a snow saddle at the glacier's head, just west of Homerun ...
* Robinson Heights Robinson Heights in Antarctica () is the mainly ice-covered heights (2,170 m), elliptical in plan and 15 nautical miles (28 km) long, which rise south of Anare Pass and form the northwest end of the Admiralty Mountains. It was mapped ...
* Rowles Glacier
Rowles Glacier () is a tributary glacier over 20 nautical miles (37 km) long, flowing northwest along the east side of Dunedin Range, Admiralty Mountains, to enter Dennistoun Glacier. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surve ...
* Saxby Pass
The Lyttelton Range () is a narrow northwest-trending mountain range located south of Dunedin Range in the Admiralty Mountains of Antarctica. The range is 26 km (16 mi) long and forms the western wall of the upper part of the Dennistoun G ...
* Shipley Glacier
Shipley Glacier () is a glacier, 25 miles (40 km) long, in the north-central Admiralty Mountains of Antarctica. The glacier drains the northern slopes of Mount Adam and flows along the east wall of DuBridge Range to Pressure Bay on the nort ...
* Simpson Glacier
Simpson Glacier () is a glacier, 6 miles (10 km) long, in the Admiralty Mountains. It flows northward to the coast between Nelson Cliff and Mount Cherry-Garrard where it forms the Simpson Glacier Tongue. The latter feature was named by the B ...
* Slagle Ridge
Slagle Ridge () is a high and massive snow-covered ridge between Slone Glacier and Burnette Glacier in the Admiralty Mountains, Victoria Land, Antarctica.
Exploration and name
Slagle Ridge was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS ...
* Slone Glacier Moubray Bay () is a bay in the western Ross Sea, indenting the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica, between Cape Roget and Cape Hallett. It was discovered in 1841 by Sir James Clark Ross
Sir James Clark Ross (15 April 1800 – 3 April 1862 ...
* Sorensen Peak Robinson Heights in Antarctica () is the mainly ice-covered heights (2,170 m), elliptical in plan and 15 nautical miles (28 km) long, which rise south of Anare Pass and form the northwest end of the Admiralty Mountains. It was mapped ...
* Splettstoesser Pass Robinson Heights in Antarctica () is the mainly ice-covered heights (2,170 m), elliptical in plan and 15 nautical miles (28 km) long, which rise south of Anare Pass and form the northwest end of the Admiralty Mountains. It was mapped ...
* Staircase Glacier
Tucker Glacier is a major valley glacier of Victoria Land, about 144 km (90 mi) long, flowing southeast between Admiralty Mountains and Victory Mountains to the Ross Sea. There is a snow saddle at the glacier's head, just west of Homerun ...
* Stamper Peak
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 Ross Sea, the Southern Ocean, and ...
* Tocci Glacier
Tucker Glacier is a major valley glacier of Victoria Land, about 144 km (90 mi) long, flowing southeast between Admiralty Mountains and Victory Mountains to the Ross Sea. There is a snow saddle at the glacier's head, just west of Homerun ...
* Tombstone Hill Moubray Bay () is a bay in the western Ross Sea, indenting the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica, between Cape Roget and Cape Hallett. It was discovered in 1841 by Sir James Clark Ross
Sir James Clark Ross (15 April 1800 – 3 April 1862 ...
* Tucker Glacier
Tucker Glacier is a major valley glacier of Victoria Land, about 144 km (90 mi) long, flowing southeast between Admiralty Mountains and Victory Mountains to the Ross Sea. There is a snow saddle at the glacier's head, just west of Homerun ...
* Wallis Glacier
Wallis Glacier () is a glacier nearly 20 nautical miles (37 km) long in the northwest part of the Admiralty Mountains, Victoria Land. The glacier flows north and then northwest, eventually coalescing with the lower portions of Dennistoun ...
* Wetmore Peak
The Lyttelton Range () is a narrow northwest-trending mountain range located south of Dunedin Range in the Admiralty Mountains of Antarctica. The range is 26 km (16 mi) long and forms the western wall of the upper part of the Dennistoun ...
* Whewell Glacier Moubray Bay () is a bay in the western Ross Sea, indenting the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica, between Cape Roget and Cape Hallett. It was discovered in 1841 by Sir James Clark Ross
Sir James Clark Ross (15 April 1800 – 3 April 1862 ...
* Whitehall Glacier
Whitehall Glacier () is a large glacier flowing north into Tucker Inlet between Daniell Peninsula and the southeast part of the Victory Mountains, in Victoria Land. Named by New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1957–58, pa ...
* Wylie Ridge Wylie Ridge () is a ridge that extends westward from Meier Peak in the Admiralty Mountains. It parallels the north side of Massey Glacier for 6 nautical miles (11 km) and terminates at Man-o-War Glacier. Mapped by United States Geologica ...
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Mountain ranges of Victoria Land
Pennell Coast
Four-thousanders of Antarctica