Mesa Range

The Mesa Range is a range of flat-topped mesas comprising the Sheehan, Pain, Tobin and Gair Mesas, situated at the head of the Rennick Glacier in Victoria Land, Antarctica. ^[1]

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1. 13 relations: Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, Antarctica, Aviator Glacier, Campbell Glacier, Freyberg Mountains, Frustum, Mesa, Monument Nunataks, New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, Ohio State University, Rennick Glacier, United States Geological Survey, Victoria Land.

2. Mountain ranges of Victoria Land

Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica.

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Antarctica

Antarctica is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent.

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Aviator Glacier

The Aviator Glacier is a major valley glacier in Antarctica that is over long and wide, descending generally southward from the plateau of Victoria Land along the west side of Mountaineer Range, and entering Lady Newnes Bay between Cape Sibbald and Hayes Head where it forms a floating tongue.

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Campbell Glacier

Campbell Glacier is a glacier, about long, originating near the south end of Mesa Range and draining southeast between the Deep Freeze Range and Mount Melbourne to discharge into north Terra Nova Bay in Victoria Land, Antarctica.

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Freyberg Mountains

The Freyberg Mountains are a group of mountains in Victoria Land, Antarctica, bounded by the Rennick Glacier, Bowers Mountains, Black Glacier, and Evans Névé. Mesa Range and Freyberg Mountains are mountain ranges of Victoria Land and Pennell Coast.

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Frustum

In geometry, a morsel; (frusta or frustums) is the portion of a solid (normally a pyramid or a cone) that lies between two parallel planes cutting the solid.

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Mesa

A mesa is an isolated, flat-topped elevation, ridge or hill, which is bounded from all sides by steep escarpments and stands distinctly above a surrounding plain.

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Monument Nunataks

The Monument Nunataks are a group of nunataks in Antarctica that have numerous pinnacles and odd-shaped projections resembling monuments, situated north of Sculpture Mountain in the upper part of Rennick Glacier. Mesa Range and monument Nunataks are Pennell Coast.

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New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition

The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica.

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Ohio State University

The Ohio State University (Ohio State or OSU) is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio, United States.

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Rennick Glacier

Rennick Glacier is broad glacier, nearly long, which is one of the largest in Antarctica.

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United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the United States government whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology.

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Victoria Land

Victoria Land is a region in eastern Antarctica which fronts the western side of the Ross Sea and the Ross Ice Shelf, extending southward from about 70°30'S to 78°00'S, and westward from the Ross Sea to the edge of the Antarctic Plateau.

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See also

Mountain ranges of Victoria Land

• Admiralty Mountains
• Alamein Range
• Anare Mountains
• Asgard Range
• Barker Range
• Bowers Mountains
• Cartographers Range
• Clare Range
• Concord Mountains
• Convoy Range
• Cruzen Range
• Deep Freeze Range
• East Quartzite Range
• Eisenhower Range
• Emlen Peaks
• Everett Range
• Explorers Range
• Freyberg Mountains
• Gonville and Caius Range
• Helicopter Mountains
• Helliwell Hills
• Homerun Range
• Inland Forts
• Insel Range
• King Range (Antarctica)
• Kirkwood Range
• Lanterman Range
• Lashly Mountains
• Mesa Range
• Millen Range
• Mirabito Range
• Morozumi Range
• Mountaineer Range
• Olympus Range
• Posey Range
• Prince Albert Mountains
• Quartermain Mountains
• Royal Society Range
• Saint Johns Range
• Salamander Range
• Saxby Range
• Southern Cross Mountains
• Transantarctic Mountains
• Usarp Mountains
• Victory Mountains
• West Quartzite Range
• Wilkniss Mountains
• Willett Range

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesa_Range

Also known as Biretta Peak, Diversion Hills, Exposure Hill, Gair Mesa, Haban Spur, Mills Valley (Victoria Land, Antarctica), Mount Ballou, Mount Fazio, Mount Frustum, Mount Masley, Pain Mesa, Pinnacle Gap, Scarab Peak, Sheehan Mesa, Siders Bluff, Silva Ridge, Suture Bench, Tobin Mesa, Veto Gap, Watchtower Hill.

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