Convoy Range is a broad mountain range, much of it with an almost flat, plateau-like summit, extending south from the Fry Saddle

Fry Saddle

Fry Saddle is a narrow ice saddle at the head of Fry Glacier, about 4 miles west-southwest of Mount Douglas in Victoria Land. Discovered in 1957 by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition and named by them in association with Fry Glacier....

 and ending at Mackay Glacier

Mackay Glacier

Mackay Glacier is a large glacier in Victoria Land, descending eastward from the polar plateau, between the Convoy and Clare Ranges, into the southern part of Granite Harbour. Discovered by the South Magnetic Pole Party of the British Antarctic Expedition and named for Alistair F...

. The range is steeply cliffed on its east side, but on the west it slopes gently into the Cambridge Glacier

Cambridge Glacier

Cambridge Glacier is a wide sheetlike glacier between the Convoy Range and the Coombs Hills, draining south into the Mackay Glacier between Mount Bergen and Gateway Nunatak...

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The New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition

Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition

The 1955–58 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition was a Commonwealth-sponsored expedition that successfully completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica, via the South Pole...

 (1956–58) worked in this area in 1957. The range was named by them after the main convoy

Convoy

A convoy is a group of vehicles, typically motor vehicles or ships, traveling together for mutual support and protection. Often, a convoy is organized with armed defensive support, though it may also be used in a non-military sense, for example when driving through remote areas.-Age of Sail:Naval...

 into McMurdo Sound

McMurdo Sound

The ice-clogged waters of Antarctica's McMurdo Sound extend about 55 km long and wide. The sound opens into the Ross Sea to the north. The Royal Society Range rises from sea level to 13,205 feet on the western shoreline. The nearby McMurdo Ice Shelf scribes McMurdo Sound's southern boundary...

in the 1956–57 season, the names of the various vessels being used for features in the range.