The Admiralty Mountains (alternatively Admiralty Range) is a large group of high

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s and individually named

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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 ...

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. This mountain group is bounded by the

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, the

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, and by the

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, and

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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

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under whose orders he served. The Admiralty Mountains are divided into the Dunedin Range,

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.

Mountains and peaks

This range includes the following mountains and peaks:

Mount Achilles

Mount Achilles is a prominent

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al mountain rising from the divide between Fitch Glacier 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

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(NZGSAE), 1957–58, after the former

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cruiser .

Mount Adam

Mount Adam is situated WNW of Mount Minto. Discovered in January 1841 by Captain Ross who named this feature for Vice Admiral Sir Charles Adam, a senior naval lord of the Admiralty.

Mount Ajax

Mount Ajax rises 1.5 km (1 mi) WSW of Mount Royalist. Named by the

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

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(US-ACAN) (2004) after Anthony (Tony) J. Bevin,

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, and Chairman of the

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, 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

(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

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(USGS) from surveys and

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air photos, 1960-63. Named by

(US-ACAN) for

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of the

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, a visitor at

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, 1966-67. Mt Minto

Mount Minto

Mount Minto is a lofty, mostly ice-free

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

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, then

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. The first ascent was made in 1988 by the Australian Bicentennial Antarctic Expedition led by

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and included Lincoln Hall.

Mount Parker

Mount Parker is a bluff-type

along the western side of Nash Glacier. The area was mapped by the

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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

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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 standing directly at the head of Kelly Glacier, 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, 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

rising between the heads of

and Burnette Glacier. Discovered on January 11, 1841, by Captain James Ross,

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, who named this feature for Lieutenant Colonel

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of the

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, Foreign Secretary of the

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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 * Brewer Peak * Burnette Glacier * Church Glacier * Church Ridge * Cracktrack Glacier * Crandall Peak * DeAngelo Glacier * Deming Glacier * Dennistoun Glacier * DuBridge Range * Dugdale Glacier * Dunedin Range * Elsner Ridge * Fendley Glacier * Field Névé *

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 * Fitch Glacier * Fowlie Glacier * Freimanis Glacier * Gadsden Peaks * Geikie Ridge * Grigg Peak * Helman Glacier *

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 * Kelly Glacier * Kirk Glacier *

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 *

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 * Lyttelton Range *

* Massey Glacier * Meier Peak * Mount Achilles * Mount Bierle * Mount Brazil * Mount Chider * Mount Emerson * Mount Eos * Mount Faget * Mount Francis * Mount Frishman * Mount Gleaton * Mount Granholm * Mount Greene * Mount Hart *

* Mount Humphrey Lloyd * Mount Kyle * Mount LeResche * Mount Lozen * Mount Midnight * Mount Parker * Mount Pearigen * Mount Pew * Mount Pittard * Mount Ruegg * Mount Schaefer * Mount Shadow * Mount Shelton * Mount Titus * Mount Von Braun * Mount Whewell * Mount Wright *

* Nash Glacier * Novasio Ridge * Ommanney Glacier * Pitkevitch Glacier * Rastorfer Glacier * Robinson Heights * Rowles Glacier * Saxby Pass * Shipley Glacier * Simpson Glacier * Slagle Ridge * Slone Glacier * Sorensen Peak * Splettstoesser Pass * Staircase Glacier * Stamper Peak * Tocci Glacier * Tombstone Hill * Tucker Glacier * Wallis Glacier * Wetmore Peak * Whewell Glacier * Whitehall Glacier * Wylie Ridge

References

{{reflist Mountain ranges of Victoria Land Pennell Coast Four-thousanders of Antarctica