The Frigate Range () is a high mountain range extending east from

Mount Markham Mount Markham () is a twin-peaked massif surmounting the north end of the Markham Plateau in the Queen Elizabeth Range of Antarctica. The peaks have elevations of and . Exploration and name Mount Markham was discovered by the British Nation ...

in the Queen Elizabeth Range of Antarctica.

Name

The Frigate Range was named by the northern party of the

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(NZGSAE; 1961–62) to commemorate the work of the

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on Antarctic patrol duties.

Location

The Frigate Range is a ridge in the east of the Queen Elizabeth Range, bounded by the

Lowery Glacier Lowery Glacier () is a glacier about long, a tributary of the Nimrod Glacier, which enters the west of the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Location The Lowery Glacier flows north from Prince Andrew Plateau, Antarctica, along the east side of the ...

to the east, the

Kent Glacier Lowery Glacier () is a glacier about long, a tributary of the Nimrod Glacier, which enters the west of the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Location The Lowery Glacier flows north from Prince Andrew Plateau, Antarctica, along the east side of the ...

to the south and the

Rowland Glacier Lowery Glacier () is a glacier about long, a tributary of the Nimrod Glacier, which enters the west of the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Location The Lowery Glacier flows north from Prince Andrew Plateau, Antarctica, along the east side of the Q ...

to the north.

is to the west of the range. The

Otago Glacier The Nimrod Glacier () is a major glacier about long, flowing from the polar plateau in a northerly direction through the Transantarctic Mountains into the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica. Location The Nimrod Glacier flows north between the Geologis ...

forms to the northwest of the Frigate Range and flows north. Features of the range, from west to east, include Mount Hawea, Mount Pukaki, Mount Rotoiti and Mount Wyss.

Features

Mount Hawea

. A peak, high, standing east of Mount Markham. Named by the northern party of the NZGSAE (1961-62) for the New Zealand frigate, ''Hawea''.

Mount Pukaki

. A peak between Mount Hawea and Mount Rotoiti. Named by the northern party of the NZGSAE (1961-62) for the New Zealand frigate ''Pukaki''.

Mount Rotoiti

. A peak, high, standing northeast of Mount Pukaki. Named by the northern party of the NZGSAE (1961-62) for the New Zealand frigate, ''Rotoiti''.

Mount Wyss

. A peak, high, standing east of Mount Rotoiti. Mapped by the

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(USGS) from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by the United States

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 Orville Wyss, USARP biologist at McMurdo Station, 1962-63.

References

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* * * {{refend Mountain ranges of the Ross Dependency Shackleton Coast