Moore Mountains

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Mountain range in Antarctica

title: "Moore Mountains" 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/Moore_Mountains" 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 Moore Mountains () are a small but conspicuous group of mountains just north of New Year Pass in the Queen Elizabeth Range in Antarctica.

Name

The Moore Mountains were observed in 1957 by the New Zealand southern party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE; 1956–58) and named for R.D. Moore, Treasurer of the Ross Sea Committee.

Location

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/C83165s1_Ant.Map_Mount_Rabot.jpg" caption="Peletier Plateau in southwest of map"] ::

The Moore Mountains are in the west of the Queen Elizabeth Range. The Prince Andrew Plateau is to the southeast, the Marsh Glacier to the west and Mount Rabot to the northeast. Features, or nearby features, include Baillie Peak, Mount Angier and New Year Pass to the south.

Features

Baillie Peak

Mount Angier

New Year Pass

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:C83165s1_Ant.Map_Mount_Rabot.jpg |accessdate=2024-01-03 |title=Mount Rabot |publisher=USGS: United States Geological Survey |ref= }}

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