Findlay Range
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Findlay Range is a range lying parallel to and west of Lyttelton Range
, extending between Grigg Peak
and Sorensen Peak
in the Admiralty Mountains
, Victoria Land
. Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee
(NZ-APC) after Robert H. Findlay, geologist, New Zealand Antarctic Division, DSIR; leader of a New Zealand Antarctic Research Program (NZARP) geological party to this area, 1981-82.
Lyttelton Range
The Lyttelton Range is a narrow northwest-trending mountain range located south of Dunedin Range in the Admiralty Mountains of Antarctica. The range is 26 km long and forms the western wall of the upper part of the Dennistoun Glacier....
, extending between Grigg Peak
Grigg Peak
Grigg Peak is a peak located 7 nautical miles west of the north tip of Lyttelton Range in the Admiralty Mountains of Victoria Land. Mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Gordon C...
and Sorensen Peak
Sorensen Peak
Sorensen Peak is a peak which rises between the base of Lyttelton Range and Church Ridge in the Admiralty Mountains. It surmounts the divide between the Dennistoun and Leander Glaciers. Mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by Advisory...
in the Admiralty Mountains
Admiralty Mountains
The Admiralty Mountains is a large group of high mountains and individually-named ranges and ridges in northeastern Victoria Land of Antarctica...
, Victoria Land
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...
. Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee
New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee
New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee is an adjudicating committee established to authorize the naming of features in the Ross Dependency on the Antarctic continent. It is composed of the members of the New Zealand Geographic Board plus selected specialists on Antarctica...
(NZ-APC) after Robert H. Findlay, geologist, New Zealand Antarctic Division, DSIR; leader of a New Zealand Antarctic Research Program (NZARP) geological party to this area, 1981-82.