Arrowhead Range
| Arrowhead Range | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Southern Cross Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 73 ° 24 ′ S , 164 ° 0 ′ E | |
The Arrowhead Range is a 32 km long mountain range in East Antarctica Victoria Land . In the Southern Cross Mountains , it is just north of the Cosmonaut Glacier and west of the Aviator Glacier .
The United States Geological Survey mapped them based on its own measurements and using aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1964. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it after the shape of its eastern end that on an arrowhead ( English arrowhead ) recalls.
Web links
- Arrowhead Range in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Arrowhead Range on geographic.org (English)