Frigate Range

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Mountain range in Antarctica

title: "Frigate Range" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["mountain-ranges-of-the-ross-dependency", "shackleton-coast"] description: "Mountain range in Antarctica" topic_path: "general/mountain-ranges-of-the-ross-dependency" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frigate_Range" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Mountain range in Antarctica ::

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FieldValue
country_typeContinent
countryAntarctica
parentQueen Elizabeth Range
range_coordinates
mapAntarctica
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| name= | photo= | photo_size = | photo_caption= | country_type=Continent | country=Antarctica | region= | parent=Queen Elizabeth Range | border= | geology= | period= | orogeny= | highest= | elevation_m= | elevation_ref= | coordinates = | range_coordinates = | range_coordinates_ref= | map=Antarctica | map_size = | map_caption= The Frigate Range () is a high mountain range extending 12 nmi east from Mount Markham in the Queen Elizabeth Range of Antarctica.

Name

The Frigate Range was named by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE; 1961–62) to commemorate the work of the New Zealand frigates on Antarctic patrol duties.

Location

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/C82195s1_Ant.Map_Nimrod_Glacier.jpg" caption="Cotton Plateau in southwest of map"] ::

The Frigate Range is a ridge in the east of the Queen Elizabeth Range, bounded by the Lowery Glacier to the east, the Kent Glacier to the south and the Rowland Glacier to the north. Mount Markham is to the west of the range. The Otago Glacier forms to the northwest of the Frigate Range and flows north. Features of the range, from west to east, include Mount Hawea, Mount Pukaki, Mount Rotoiti and Mount Wyss.

Features

Mount Hawea

Mount Pukaki

Mount Rotoiti

Mount Wyss

References

Sources

  • {{citation|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/fedgov/70039167/report.pdf |accessdate=2023-12-03 |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:C82195s1_Ant.Map_Nimrod_Glacier.jpg |accessdate=2024-01-03 |title=Nimrod Glacier |publisher=USGS: United States Geological Survey |ref= }}

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