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Victory Mountains

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The Victory Mountains is a major group of mountains in Victoria Land, Antarctica, about long and wide, which is bounded primarily by Mariner and Tucker glaciers and the Ross Sea. [1]

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  1. 32 relations: Admiralty Mountains, Andvord Bay, Barker Range, Borchgrevink Glacier, Carsten Borchgrevink, Cartographers Range, Concord Mountains, Coulman Island, Daniell Peninsula, Ernest Shackleton, Freyberg Mountains, Glacier, Homerun Range, James Clark Ross, Lady Newnes Bay, Lillie Glacier, Malta Plateau, Mariner Glacier, Millen Range, Mirabito Range, Monteath Hills, Mount Freeman, Mount Riddolls, Mountain range, Mountaineer Range, New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, Rennick Glacier, Robert Falcon Scott, Ross Sea, Saxby Range, Tucker Glacier, Victoria Land.

  2. Mountain ranges of Victoria Land

Admiralty Mountains

The Admiralty Mountains (alternatively Admiralty Range) is a large group of high mountains and individually named ranges and ridges in northeastern Victoria Land, Antarctica. Victory Mountains and Admiralty Mountains are mountain ranges of Victoria Land.

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Andvord Bay

Andvord Bay is a bay, long and wide, which lies between Beneden Head and Duthiers Point along the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica.

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Barker Range

Barker Range is a mountain range trending northwest–southeast and including Jato Nunatak, Mount Watt, Mount McCarthy, and Mount Burton, located at the southwest side of the Millen Range in the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land, Antarctica. Victory Mountains and Barker Range are Borchgrevink Coast and mountain ranges of Victoria Land.

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Borchgrevink Glacier

Borchgrevink Glacier is a large glacier in the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land, Antarctica.

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Carsten Borchgrevink

Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink (1 December 186421 April 1934) was a Norwegian polar explorer and a pioneer of Antarctic travel.

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Cartographers Range

Cartographers Range is a rugged range about long in the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land in Antarctica. Victory Mountains and Cartographers Range are Borchgrevink Coast and mountain ranges of Victoria Land.

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Concord Mountains

Concord Mountains is a group name applied to a complex system of ranges in northwest Victoria Land, Antarctica. Victory Mountains and Concord Mountains are mountain ranges of Victoria Land.

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Coulman Island

Coulman Island is an island long and wide, lying southeast of Cape Jones, Victoria Land, Antarctica, in the western Ross Sea. Victory Mountains and Coulman Island are Borchgrevink Coast.

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Daniell Peninsula

Daniell Peninsula is the large peninsula between Cape Daniell and Cape Jones on the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. Victory Mountains and Daniell Peninsula are Borchgrevink Coast.

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Ernest Shackleton

Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (15 February 1874 – 5 January 1922) was an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic.

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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. Victory Mountains and Freyberg Mountains are mountain ranges of Victoria Land.

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Glacier

A glacier is a persistent body of dense ice that is constantly moving downhill under its own weight.

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Homerun Range

The Homerun Range is a northwest-trending range, long and wide, east of Everett Range at the heads of the Ebbe Glacier and Tucker Glacier in Victoria Land, Antarctica. Victory Mountains and Homerun Range are mountain ranges of Victoria Land.

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James Clark Ross

Sir James Clark Ross (15 April 1800 – 3 April 1862) was a British Royal Navy officer and polar explorer known for his explorations of the Arctic, participating in two expeditions led by his uncle John Ross, and four led by William Edward Parry, and, in particular, for his own Antarctic expedition from 1839 to 1843.

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Lady Newnes Bay

Lady Newnes Bay is a bay about long in the western Ross Sea, extending along the coast of Victoria Land from Cape Sibbald to Coulman Island. Victory Mountains and Lady Newnes Bay are Borchgrevink Coast.

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Lillie Glacier

Lillie Glacier is a large glacier in Antarctica, about long and wide.

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Malta Plateau

The Malta Plateau is an ice-covered plateau of about extent in the Victory Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. Victory Mountains and Malta Plateau are Borchgrevink Coast.

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Mariner Glacier

The Mariner Glacier is a major glacier over long, descending southeast from the plateau of Victoria Land, Antarctica, between Mountaineer Range and Malta Plateau, and terminating at Lady Newnes Bay, Ross Sea, where it forms the floating Mariner Glacier Tongue. Victory Mountains and Mariner Glacier are Borchgrevink Coast.

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Millen Range

The Millen Range is a prominent northwest–southeast trending mountain range, located west of the Cartographers Range in the Victory Mountains of Antarctica. Victory Mountains and Millen Range are Borchgrevink Coast and mountain ranges of Victoria Land.

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Mirabito Range

The Mirabito Range is a narrow, northwest-trending mountain range, long and wide that lies between the upper part of Lillie Glacier and the Greenwell Glacier in northern Victoria Land, Antarctica. Victory Mountains and Mirabito Range are mountain ranges of Victoria Land.

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Monteath Hills

The Monteath Hills are a group of mountains in the Victory Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica, bounded by Jutland Glacier, Midway Glacier, Pearl Harbor Glacier, and Plata Glacier. Victory Mountains and Monteath Hills are Borchgrevink Coast.

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Mount Freeman

Mount Freeman is a prominent mountain, high, surmounting the base of Walker Ridge, northwest of Mount Lepanto, in the Victory Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. Victory Mountains and mount Freeman are Borchgrevink Coast.

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Mount Riddolls

Mount Riddolls is a very prominent mountain, high, situated directly at the head of Rudolph Glacier in the Victory Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. Victory Mountains and mount Riddolls are Borchgrevink Coast.

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Mountain range

A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground.

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Mountaineer Range

The Mountaineer Range is the range of mountains lying between the Mariner Glacier and Aviator Glacier in Victoria Land, Antarctica. Victory Mountains and Mountaineer Range are Borchgrevink Coast and mountain ranges of Victoria Land.

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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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Rennick Glacier

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

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Robert Falcon Scott

Captain Robert Falcon Scott (6 June 1868 – c. 29 March 1912) was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions: the ''Discovery'' expedition of 1901–04 and the ''Terra Nova'' expedition of 1910–13.

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Ross Sea

The Ross Sea is a deep bay of the Southern Ocean in Antarctica, between Victoria Land and Marie Byrd Land and within the Ross Embayment, and is the southernmost sea on Earth.

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Saxby Range

The Saxby Range is a broad mountain range, rising to, in the Victory Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. Victory Mountains and Saxby Range are Borchgrevink Coast and mountain ranges of Victoria Land.

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Tucker Glacier

Tucker Glacier is a major valley glacier of Victoria Land, Antarctica, about long, flowing southeast between the Admiralty Mountains and the Victory Mountains to the Ross Sea. Victory Mountains and Tucker Glacier are Borchgrevink Coast.

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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

References

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