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Commonwealth Range

Index Commonwealth Range

The Commonwealth Range is a north-south trending range of rugged mountains, long, located within the Queen Maud Mountains on the Dufek Coast of the continent of Antarctica. [1]

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Table of Contents

  1. 15 relations: Adelaide, Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, Alfred Deakin, Barton Mountains, Beardmore Glacier, Canyon Glacier, Dufek Coast, Hood Glacier, Hughes Range (Antarctica), Keltie Glacier, Nimrod Expedition, Queen Alexandra Range, Queen Maud Mountains, Ross Ice Shelf, Supporters Range.

  2. Dufek Coast
  3. Queen Maud Mountains

Adelaide

Adelaide (Tarntanya) is the capital and most populous city of South Australia, and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The demonym Adelaidean is used to denote the city and the residents of Adelaide.

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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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Alfred Deakin

Alfred Deakin (3 August 1856 – 7 October 1919) was an Australian politician, statesman and barrister who served as the second prime minister of Australia from 1903 to 1904, 1905 to 1908 and 1909 to 1910.

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Barton Mountains

The Barton Mountains are a group of mountains located south of the Commonwealth Range and the Hughes Range and bounded by Keltie Glacier, Brandau Glacier, Leigh Hunt Glacier, and Snakeskin Glacier, in the Queen Maud Mountains. Commonwealth Range and Barton Mountains are Dufek Coast.

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Beardmore Glacier

The Beardmore Glacier in Antarctica is one of the largest valley glaciers in the world, being long and having a width of.

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Canyon Glacier

Canyon Glacier is a narrow glacier, long, flowing to the Ross Ice Shelf.

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Dufek Coast

The Dufek Coast is that portion of the coast along the southwest margin of the Ross Ice Shelf between Airdrop Peak on the east side of the Beardmore Glacier and Morris Peak on the east side of Liv Glacier.

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Hood Glacier

Hood Glacier is a glacier about long draining northward from Siege Dome in the Commonwealth Range of Antarctica.

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Hughes Range (Antarctica)

The Hughes Range is a high massive north–south trending mountain range in Antarctica, surmounted by six prominent summits, of which Mount Kaplan at is the highest. Commonwealth Range and Hughes Range (Antarctica) are Dufek Coast and Queen Maud Mountains.

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Keltie Glacier

The Keltie Glacier is a large Antarctic glacier, long, draining from Pain Névé southwest around the southern extremity of the Commonwealth Range, and then northwest to enter Beardmore Glacier at Ranfurly Point. Commonwealth Range and Keltie Glacier are Queen Maud Mountains.

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Nimrod Expedition

The Nimrod Expedition of 1907–1909, otherwise known as the British Antarctic Expedition, was the first of three expeditions to the Antarctic led by Ernest Shackleton and his second time to the Continent.

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Queen Alexandra Range

The Queen Alexandra Range is a major mountain range about long, bordering the entire western side of Beardmore Glacier from the Polar Plateau to the Ross Ice Shelf.

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Queen Maud Mountains

The Queen Maud Mountains are a major group of mountains, ranges and subordinate features of the Transantarctic Mountains, lying between the Beardmore and Reedy Glaciers and including the area from the head of the Ross Ice Shelf to the Antarctic Plateau in Antarctica.

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Ross Ice Shelf

The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf of Antarctica (an area of roughly and about across: about the size of France).

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Supporters Range

The Supporters Range is a rugged range in the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica. Commonwealth Range and Supporters Range are Dufek Coast and Queen Maud Mountains.

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See also

Dufek Coast

Queen Maud Mountains

References

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

Also known as Airdrop Peak, Beetle Spur, Celebration Pass, Dolphin Spur, Dudley Head, Ebony Ridge, Flat Top (Ross Dependency), Gray Peak (Antarctica), Johnson Bluff, Mount Cyril, Mount Deakin, Mount Donaldson, Mount Harcourt, Mount Henry (Ross Dependency), Mount Hermanson, Mount Kathleen, Mount Kyffin, Mount Macdonald (Antarctica), Mount Patrick, Mount Robert Scott, Siege Dome, Wedge Face.