Mountain range
The Victory Mountains (
72°40′S 168°00′E / 72.667°S 168.000°E / -72.667; 168.000 (Victory Mountains)) is a major group of mountains in
Victoria Land, Antarctica, about 100 nautical miles (190 km; 120 mi) long and 50 nautical miles (93 km; 58 mi) wide, which is bounded primarily by
Mariner and
Tucker glaciers and the
Ross Sea.
They are north of the
Mountaineer Range, east of the
Freyberg Mountains and south of the
Concord Mountains and the
Admiralty Mountains.
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The division between the Victory Mountains and the
Concord Mountains (to the northwest) is not precise but apparently lies in the vicinity of
Thomson Peak.
Exploration and name
A
Ross Sea aspect of the mountains was first obtained by early British expeditions of
James Clark Ross,
Carsten Borchgrevink,
Robert Falcon Scott and
Ernest Shackleton.
The mapping of the interior mountains was largely done from air photos taken by the
United States Navy and surveys undertaken by New Zealand and American parties in the 1950s and 1960s.
The Victory Mountains were named by the
New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) 1957-58, because of the proximity of this group to the
Admiralty Mountains, and with the intention that many of the topographic features would be named for celebrated victories, especially naval victories.
Location
Northern tip of Victory Mountains in extreme south of map between Jutland Glacier and Tucker Glacier
Western mountains
The
Monteath Hills are in the northwest of the Victory Mountains, east of the
Freyberg Mountains.
The
Millen Range and
Barker Range are to their south, east of the
Evans Névé and the smaller
Webb Névé.
The
Mariner Glacier forms to the west of the Barker Range and flows south and then east, separating the Victory Mountains from the
Mountaineer Range.
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Central mountains
The
Saxby Range is to the west of the Monteath Hills, between
Midway Glacier to the west,
Pearl Harbor Glacier to the south and
Tucker Glacier to the east, which flows to the southeast and separates the Victory Mountains from the
Admiralty Mountains.
The
Cartographers Range is south of the Pearl Harbor Glacier and north of the
Trafalgar Glacier.
The
Malta Plateau is to the south of the Trafalger Glacier and north of the Mariner Glacier.
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Eastern mountains
The mountains to the east of the Malta Plateau and west of the
Daniell Peninsula are not part of a formally named range.
Mount Riddolls is at the center of a ridge system to the east of
Borchgrevink Glacier, and
Mount Freeman is at the center of a ridge system to the west of that glacier.
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Major glaciers
Victory Mountains in east of interior map, west of coastal map
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Tucker Glacier
72°32′S 169°15′E / 72.533°S 169.250°E / -72.533; 169.250 (Tucker Glacier), a major valley glacier, about 90 nautical miles (170 km; 100 mi) long, flowing southeast between the
Admiralty Mountains and the Victory Mountains to the
Ross Sea. There is a snow saddle at the glacier's head, just west of
Homerun Range, from which the
Ebbe Glacier flows northwestward.
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Pearl Harbor Glacier
72°15′S 167°40′E / 72.250°S 167.667°E / -72.250; 167.667, a major tributary glacier flowing generally east from the Victory Mountains and entering the southwest side of Tucker Glacier 17 nautical miles (31 km; 20 mi) northwest of
Bypass Hill.
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Trafalgar Glacier
72°28′S 168°25′E / 72.467°S 168.417°E / -72.467; 168.417, a tributary glacier about 30 nautical miles (56 km; 35 mi) long, flowing east in the Victory Mountains to join Tucker Glacier below
Bypass Hill.
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Borchgrevink Glacier
73°4′S 168°30′E / 73.067°S 168.500°E / -73.067; 168.500 (Borchgrevink Glacier), a large glacier in the Victory Mountains. It drains south between
Malta Plateau and
Daniell Peninsula, and thence projects into
Glacier Strait,
Ross Sea, as a floating glacier tongue.
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Mariner Glacier
73°15′S 167°30′E / 73.250°S 167.500°E / -73.250; 167.500 (Mariner Glacier), a major
glacier over 60 nautical miles (110 km; 69 mi) long, descending southeast from the plateau of Victoria Land, between
Mountaineer Range and
Malta Plateau, and terminating at
Lady Newnes Bay,
Ross Sea, where it forms the floating Mariner Glacier Tongue.
Mountain groups
Southern Victory Mountains in north of map, above Mariner Glacier
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Monteath Hills
72°6′S 166°30′E / 72.100°S 166.500°E / -72.100; 166.500 (Monteath Hills), a group of mountains bounded by
Jutland Glacier,
Midway Glacier,
Pearl Harbor Glacier, and
Plata Glacier. The group includes
Mount Crowder,
Mount Tararua (2,550 metres (8,370 ft) high), and
Mount Holdsworth.
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Millen Range
72°20′S 166°15′E / 72.333°S 166.250°E / -72.333; 166.250 (Millen Range), a prominent northwest–southeast trending
mountain range, located west of the
Cartographers Range.
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Barker Range
72°32′S 166°10′E / 72.533°S 166.167°E / -72.533; 166.167 (Barker Range), 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.
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Saxby Range
72°4′S 167°8′E / 72.067°S 167.133°E / -72.067; 167.133 (Saxby Range), a broad mountain range, rising to 2,450 metres (8,040 ft). It is bounded by
Jutland Glacier,
Tucker Glacier,
Pearl Harbor Glacier, and
Midway Glacier.
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Cartographers Range
72°21′S 167°50′E / 72.350°S 167.833°E / -72.350; 167.833 (Cartographers Range), a rugged range about 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) long. It is bounded on the north by
Pearl Harbor Glacier, on the east by
Tucker Glacier, and on the south by
Hearfield Glacier and
Trafalgar Glacier.
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Malta Plateau
72°58′S 167°18′E / 72.967°S 167.300°E / -72.967; 167.300 (Malta Plateau), an ice-covered plateau of about 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) extent in the Victory Mountains. The plateau is irregular in shape and is bounded on the south and west by
Mariner Glacier, on the north by tributaries to
Trafalgar Glacier, and on the east by tributaries to
Borchgrevink Glacier.
Mountains in the center of mountain groups in the east include:
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Mount Riddolls
72°48′S 167°46′E / 72.800°S 167.767°E / -72.800; 167.767 (Mount Riddolls), a very prominent mountain, 3,295 metres (10,810 ft) high, situated directly at the head of
Rudolph Glacier.
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Mount Freeman
72°43′S 168°21′E / 72.717°S 168.350°E / -72.717; 168.350 (Mount Freeman), a prominent mountain, 2,880 metres (9,450 ft) high, surmounting the base of
Walker Ridge, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) northwest of
Mount Lepanto.
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