Explorers Range

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Large mountain range in Antarctica

title: "Explorers Range" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["mountain-ranges-of-victoria-land", "pennell-coast"] description: "Large mountain range in Antarctica" topic_path: "general/mountain-ranges-of-victoria-land" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explorers_Range" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Large mountain range in Antarctica ::

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regionVictoria Land, Antarctica
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Exploration and naming

The Explorers Range was named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) for the northern party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1963–64, whose members carried out a topographical and geological survey of the area. The names of several party members are assigned to features in and about this range.

Location

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/C70195s1_Ant.Map_Ob'_Bay.jpg" caption="Northern part of the range to southwest"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/C71195s1_Ant.Map_Mount_Soza.jpg" caption="Southern part of the range to northwest"] ::

The Explorers Range is south of the Stuhlinger Ice Piedmont, Cape Cheetham and Gannutz Glacier. The Rennick Glacier flows north to the sea along its western side. Glaciers originating in the northern Explorer Range that flow into this glacier include, from north to south, Arruiz Glacier, Alvarez Glacier and Sheehan Glacier. Ob' Bay is to the east of the northern part of the range, which is fed by glaciers originating in the Explorers Range, including Barber Glacier, Astapenko Glacier, Chugunov Glacier and Astakhov Glacier, Further south Crawford Glacier and Rastorguev Glacier feed the Lillie Glacier to the east.

Glaciers flowing west into the Rennick Glacier from the center and south of the Explorers Range include, from north to south, Alt Glacier, Morley Glacier, Carryer Glacier and Sledgers Glacier, which divides the range from the Lanterman Range to the south. The Edlin Névé is to the east of the range. Glaciers flowing east from this névé or from the Explorers Range include, from north to south, the Van Loon Glacier, Montigny Glacier, Irwin Glacier, McLin Glacier and Graveson Glacier. The Posey Range is to the east of the Graveson Glacier.

Northern features

Features to the north of the Arruiz Glacier and Astapenko Glacier include Mount Belolikov, Mount Bruce, Rosenau Head, Lunik Point and Mount Dergach.

Mount Belolikov

Mount Bruce

Rosenau Head

Central features

Features of the central part of the range, north of Sheehan Glacier and Rastorguev Glacier, include, from north to south, Stanwix Peak, Frolov Ridge, Mount Cantello, Mount Keith, Mount Hager, Gary Peak, Mount Ashworth, Mount Ford and Miller Peak.

Stanwix Peak

Frolov Ridge

Mount Cantello

Mount Keith

Mount Hager

Gary Peaks

Mount Ashworth

Mount Ford

Miller Peak

Southern features

Features of the southern part of the range include, from north to south, Adams Ridge, Mount McAllum, Mount Marwick, Mount Sturm, Dow Peak, Mount Janus, Mount Glasgow, Mount Soza, Mount Webb, Mount Tokoroa.

Adams Ridge

Mount McCallum

Mount Marwick

Mount Sturm

Dow Peak

Mount Janus

Mount Glasgow

Mount Soza

Hicks Ridge

Mount Webb

A mountain 2,430 m high rising 4 nmi southeast of Mount Glasgow at the west side of Edlin Névé. Named by the NZGSAE, 1967-68, for William Webb, leader of the Scott Base winter party, 1968.

Mount Tokoroa

Features to the south

Features to the south of the range, south of Carryer Glacier, include Helix Pass, Curphey Peaks, Mount Shearer, Mount Jamroga, Mount Wodzicki, Mount Nagata and Mount Gow.

Centropleura Spur

Main article: Centropleura Spur

Helix Pass

Curphey Peaks

Mount Shearer

A peak rising to 2,100 m high, 2 nmi northwest of Mount Jamroga in the central portion of the Bowers Mountains. Named by the NZ-APC in 1983 after lan J. Shearer, elected to the New Zealand Parliament, 1975; Minister of Science and Technology, 1980-83.

Mount Wodzicki

Mount Jamroga

Mount Nagata

Mount Gow

References

Sources

  • {{citation|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/fedgov/70039167/report.pdf |accessdate=2024-03-06 |edition=2 |editor-last=Alberts |title=Geographic Names of the Antarctic |editor-first=Fred G. |publisher=United States Board on Geographic Names |year=1995}}
  • {{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C71195s1_Ant.Map_Mount_Soza.jpg |accessdate=2024-03-06 |title=Mount Soza |publisher=USGS: United States Geographic Board |ref= }}
  • {{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C70195s1_Ant.Map_Ob%27_Bay.jpg |accessdate=2024-03-06 |title=Ob' Bay |publisher=USGS: United States Geographic Board |ref= }}

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