Southern Cross Mountains is the name applied to the group of

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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 ...

. Seaward parts of this area were first viewed by

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in 1841 and subsequently by expeditions led by Borchgrevink, Scott, Shackleton and

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. The precise mapping of its overall features was accomplished from U.S. Navy air photographs and surveys by New Zealand and American parties in the 1950s and 1960s. Named by the northern party of NZGSAE, 1965–66.

Features

Geographical features of Southern Cross Mountains include:

Arrowhead Range

Other features

* Archambault Ridge * Aviator Glacier * Chisholm Hills * Cosmonette Glacier * Daughtery Peaks * Hades Terrace *

Linn Mesa Linn Mesa () is a small mesa located south of the Chisholm Hills in the Southern Cross Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–64, and was named by ...

* Mount Jiracek * Schulte Hills * Shoemaker Glacier * Styx Glacier * Tinker Glacier * Vulcan Hills * Wood Ridge

References

* Mountain ranges of Victoria Land Borchgrevink Coast {{BorchgrevinkCoast-geo-stub