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The Victory Mountains (72°40′S 168°00′E / 72.667°S 168.000°E) is a major group of mountains in Victoria Land, Antarctica, about 160 kilometres (99 mi) long and 80 km (50 mi) wide, which is bounded primarily by Mariner and Tucker glaciers and the Ross Sea. The division between these mountains and the Concord Mountains (to the NW) is less precise but apparently lies in the vicinity of Thomson Peak.[1]
A Ross Sea aspect of the mountains was first obtained by early British expeditions of Ross, Borchgrevink, Scott and Shackleton. The mapping of the interior mountains was largely done from air photos taken by the U.S. Navy and surveys undertaken by New Zealand and American parties in the 1950s and 1960s. So named by the NZGSAE 1957-58, because of the proximity of this group to the Admiralty Mountains, and with the intention that many of the topographic features would be named for celebrated victories, especially naval victories.[1]
Features
- Aldridge Peak
- Baker Glacier
- Barker Range
- Benighted Pass
- Bertalan Peak
- Borchgrevink Glacier
- Boss Peak
- Bowers Glacier
- Bramble Peak
- Bridwell Peak
- Capling Peak
- Carter Ridge
- Cartographers Range
- Clapp Ridge
- Collins Peak
- Conard Peak
- Coulston Glacier
- Croll Glacier
- Daniell Peninsula
- DeWald Glacier
- Elder Glacier
- Evans Ridge
- Gruendler Glacier
- Hackerman Ridge
- Handler Ridge
- Harrison Peak
- Hearfield Glacier
- Jutland Glacier
- Kyle Peak
- Latino Peak
- Lensen Glacier
- Malta Plateau
- Martin Hill
- McElroy Ridge
- McKellar Glacier
- Midway Glacier
- Millen Range
- Monteath Hills
- Montecchi Glacier
- Mount Bridger
- Mount Burrill
- Mount Burton
- Mount Crowder
- Mount Finch
- Mount Freeman
- Mount Frosch
- Mount Hancox
- Mount Harrington
- Mount Hazlett
- Mount Holdsworth
- Mount Hussey
- Mount Jennings
- Mount Lepanto
- Mount Lopatin
- Mount McDonald
- Mount Northampton
- Mount Pearson
- Mount Randall
- Mount Riddolls
- Mount Tararua
- Nelson Nunatak
- New Year Peak
- Olson Glacier
- O'Neal Ridge
- Osuga Glacier
- Pearl Harbor Glacier
- Piore Ridge
- Plata Glacier
- Potts Glacier
- Purvis Peak
- Saxby Range
- Soft Snow Pass
- Stafford Glacier
- Stevenson Peak
- Stever Ridge
- Summers Glacier
- Thomas Peak
- Trafalgar Glacier
- Trainer Glacier
- Tucker Glacier
- Walker Ridge
- Walsh Spur
- Whiplash Glacier
- Whitehall Glacier
- Wood Glacier
References
- ^ a b "Victory Mountains". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2004-11-13.