Freyberg Mountains
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Freyberg Mountains is a group of mountains in Victoria Land
, bounded by Rennick Glacier
, Bowers Mountains
, Black Glacier
, and Evans Neve. Named for New Zealand's most famous General, Lord Bernard Freyberg
, by the Northern Party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
(NZGSAE), 1963-64. This mountain group includes the Alamein Range
.
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...
, bounded by Rennick Glacier
Rennick Glacier
Rennick Glacier is broad glacier, nearly 200 miles long, which is one of the largest in Antarctica. It rises on the polar plateau westward of Mesa Range and is 20 to 30 miles wide, narrowing to 10 miles near the coast. It takes its name from Rennick Bay where the glacier reaches the sea. The...
, Bowers Mountains
Bowers Mountains
Bowers Mountains is a group of north-south trending mountains in Antarctica, about 145 km long and 56 km wide, bounded by the coast on the north and by the Rennick, Canham, Black and Lillie glaciers in other quadrants. The seaward end was first sighted in February 1911 from the Terra...
, Black Glacier
Black Glacier
Black Glacier is a broad tributary to the Lillie Glacier flowing northeast, marking the southeast extent of the Bowers Mountains. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from ground surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–62, and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names...
, and Evans Neve. Named for New Zealand's most famous General, Lord Bernard Freyberg
Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg
Lieutenant-General Bernard Cyril Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg VC, GCMG, KCB, KBE, DSO & Three Bars , was a British-born New Zealand Victoria Cross recipient and soldier who later served as the seventh Governor-General of New Zealand.A veteran of the Mexican Revolution, he became an officer in the...
, by the Northern Party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica. The expeditions were notably active in 1957-58 and again in 1958-59. The 1957-58 expedition went to the Ross Dependency and named the Borchgrevink Glacier...
(NZGSAE), 1963-64. This mountain group includes the Alamein Range
Alamein Range
Alamein Range is a mountain range lying west of Canham Glacier, in the Freyberg Mountains of Antarctica. Named in association with Lord Bernard Freyberg and the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force by the Northern Party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition , 1963-64.- List of...
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List of mountains
- Mount Baldwin (72°15′S 163°18′E) is a mountainMountainImage:Himalaya_annotated.jpg|thumb|right|The Himalayan mountain range with Mount Everestrect 58 14 160 49 Chomo Lonzorect 200 28 335 52 Makalurect 378 24 566 45 Mount Everestrect 188 581 920 656 Tibetan Plateaurect 250 406 340 427 Rong River...
5 nautical miles (9 km) southeast of Smiths BenchSmiths BenchSmiths Bench is a distinctive bench-like elevation 5 nautical miles northwest of Mount Baldwin, in the Freyberg Mountains. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for William M. Smith, psychologist, a member of the United States Antarctic Research Program Victoria Land Traverse Party...
, in the Freyberg Mountains. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic NamesAdvisory Committee on Antarctic NamesThe Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...
(US-ACAN) for T.T. Baldwin, transport specialist, a member of the United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) Victoria Land Traverse Party which surveyed this area in 1959-60.
- Buttress Peak (72°26′S 163°45′E) is a peakSummit (topography)In topography, a summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. Mathematically, a summit is a local maximum in elevation...
at the east end of the central ridge of Gallipoli HeightsGallipoli HeightsGallipoli Heights is a group of peaks and ridges centered 7.5 nautical miles south-southeast of Monte Cassino, in the Freyberg Mountains, Victoria Land. Named for association with Lord Freyberg and Freyberg Mountains by the Northern Party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition ,...
. The descriptive name was suggested by P.J. Oliver, New Zealand Antarctic Research Program (NZARP) geologist who studied the peak, 1981-82.
- Mount Jackman (72°24′S 163°15′E) is a mountain, 1,920 m, standing 9 miles (14 km) south of Mount Baldwin. Named by US-ACAN for Warren A. Jackman, photographer, a member of the USARP Victoria Land Traverse Party which surveyed this area in 1959-60.
- Mount Strandtmann (72°7′S 163°5′E) is a mountain 3 nautical miles (6 km) north of Smiths BenchSmiths BenchSmiths Bench is a distinctive bench-like elevation 5 nautical miles northwest of Mount Baldwin, in the Freyberg Mountains. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for William M. Smith, psychologist, a member of the United States Antarctic Research Program Victoria Land Traverse Party...
. Mapped by United States Geological SurveyUnited States Geological SurveyThe United States Geological Survey is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten it. The organization has four major science disciplines, concerning biology,...
(USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by US-ACAN for Russell W. Strandtmann, biologist at McMurdo StationMcMurdo StationMcMurdo Station is a U.S. Antarctic research center located on the southern tip of Ross Island, which is in the New Zealand-claimed Ross Dependency on the shore of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica. It is operated by the United States through the United States Antarctic Program, a branch of the National...
, summers 1966-67 and 1967-68.