Miller Range
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The Miller Range is a mountain range
extending south from Nimrod Glacier
for 80 km (50 mi) along the western edge of the Marsh Glacier
in Antarctica. Named for J.H. "Bob" (now Sir J. Holmes) Miller, a member of the New Zealand
party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
(1958) who, with G.W. Marsh, mapped this area.
Mountain range
A mountain range is a single, large mass consisting of a succession of mountains or narrowly spaced mountain ridges, with or without peaks, closely related in position, direction, formation, and age; a component part of a mountain system or of a mountain chain...
extending south from Nimrod Glacier
Nimrod Glacier
The Nimrod Glacier is a major glacier about 135 km long, flowing from the polar plateau in a northerly direction through the Transantarctic Mountains between the Geologists and Miller Ranges, then northeasterly between the Churchill Mountains and Queen Elizabeth Range, and finally spilling...
for 80 km (50 mi) along the western edge of the Marsh Glacier
Marsh Glacier
The Marsh Glacier is a glacier about 110 km long, flowing north from the Antarctic polar plateau between the Miller Range and Queen Elizabeth Range into Nimrod Glacier. Seen by a New Zealand party of the CTAE and named for G.W. Marsh, a member of the party....
in Antarctica. Named for J.H. "Bob" (now Sir J. Holmes) Miller, a member of the New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
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...
(1958) who, with G.W. Marsh, mapped this area.