West Quartzite Range () is a range, the western of two parallel

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ranges, situated at the east side of Houliston Glacier in the

Concord Mountains Concord Mountains is a group name applied to a complex system of ranges in northwest Victoria Land, Antarctica. They comprise the Everett Range, Mirabito Range, King Range, Leitch Massif, East Quartzite Range and West Quartzite Range. They ar ...

, Antarctica. It was named by the Northern Party of the

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(NZFMCAE), 1962–63, after the distinctive geological formation of the feature.

Location

The West Quartzite Range is part of the

. The range runs northwest–southeast, parallel to the East Quartzite Range to the east. The Houliston Glacier to its west separates it from the Neall Massif and Jago Nunataks. The

Salamander Range Salamander Range () is a distinctive linear range between Canham Glacier and Black Glacier, in the Freyberg Mountains, Antarctica. The range was named by the Northern Party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1963– ...

of the

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is further to the west. The line of the range extends towards the Destination Nunataks to the southeast. The Black Glacier lies to the north of the Leitch Massif, the northern end of the range.

Features

Leitch Massif

. A mountain massif that forms the northern part of the West Quartzite Range. Named by the northern party of NZFMCAE, 1962-63, for E.G. Leitch, geologist with this party.

Cornerpost Peak

. A peak, high, at the southeast end of the Leitch Massif. So named by the northern party of NZFMCAE, 1962-63, because they established their most northerly survey station here on the turning point of their traverse.

Gothic Peak

. A peak, high, standing northwest of Lavallee Peak. Named by the Northern Party of NZFMCAE, 1962-63, for its likeness in profile to a Gothic cathedral.

Lavallee Peak

. A peak, high, just northwest of Gibraltar Peak. Mapped by the

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(USGS) from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by United States

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(US-ACAN) for Lieutenant David O. Lavallee, United States Navy, biological diver at McMurdo Station, summers 1963-64, 1964-65 and 1966-67.

Gibraltar Peak

. A peak southeast of Lavallee Peak. Named by the

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(NZGSAE), 1967-68, because it is shaped like the famous rock of the same name.

Nearby features

Neall Massif

. A mountain massif rising between the Salamander and West Quartzite Ranges. Named by the NZ-APC for V.E. Neall, leader and geologist of the NZGSAE, 1967-68.

Jago Nunataks

. A cluster of closely spaced nunataks rising to high, centered east of the south end of Neall Massif. Named by the

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(NZ-APC) in 1983 after J.B. Jago, geologist with NZARP geological parties to this area in 1974-75 and 1980-81.

References

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