Saint Johns Range
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Saint Johns Range is a crescent-shaped mountain
range about 20 nautical miles (37 km) long, in Victoria Land
. It is bounded on the north by the Cotton, Miller and Debenham Glacier
s, and on the south by Victoria Valley
and the Victoria Upper
and Victoria Lower Glacier
s. Named by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
, 1956–58, which surveyed peaks in the range in 1957. Named for St. Johns College at Cambridge, England, with which several members of the British Antarctic Expedition
(1910–13) were associated during the writing of their scientific reports, and in association with the adjacent Gonville and Caius Range.
Mountain
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range about 20 nautical miles (37 km) long, in 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...
. It is bounded on the north by the Cotton, Miller and Debenham Glacier
Debenham Glacier
Debenham Glacier is a glacier flowing into the northern part of Wilson Piedmont Glacier on the coast of Victoria Land. First mapped by the Discovery expedition . It was named by the British Antarctic Expedition for Frank Debenham, geologist with the expedition and Director of the Scott Polar...
s, and on the south by Victoria Valley
Victoria Valley
Victoria Valley is one of the larger McMurdo Dry Valleys. Lake Vida is the largest lake of the valley. The Victoria River drains the Upper Victoria Glacier, with Upper Victoria Lake just below it and northwest of Lake Vida, into Vida Lake on its western side. Lake Thomas is east of Lake Vida....
and the Victoria Upper
Victoria Upper Glacier
Victoria Upper Glacier is a glacier occupying the upper northwest end of Victoria Valley. It was named by the Victoria University of the Wellington Antarctic Expedition for their Alma Mater which sponsored the expedition....
and Victoria Lower Glacier
Victoria Lower Glacier
Victoria Lower Glacier is a glacier occupying the lower eastern end of Victoria Valley where it appears to merge with Wilson Piedmont Glacier. It was named by the Victoria University of the Wellington Antarctic Expedition for their Alma Mater, which sponsored the expedition....
s. Named by 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, which surveyed peaks in the range in 1957. Named for St. Johns College at Cambridge, England, with which several members of the British Antarctic Expedition
Terra Nova Expedition
The Terra Nova Expedition , officially the British Antarctic Expedition 1910, was led by Robert Falcon Scott with the objective of being the first to reach the geographical South Pole. Scott and four companions attained the pole on 17 January 1912, to find that a Norwegian team led by Roald...
(1910–13) were associated during the writing of their scientific reports, and in association with the adjacent Gonville and Caius Range.