Aurora Heights
| Aurora Heights | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| part of | Miller Range in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 83 ° 7 ′ S , 157 ° 5 ′ E | |
The Aurora Heights are an 8 km long mountain range in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . They rise up on the northern flank of the Argosy Glacier in the Miller Range of the Transantarctic Mountains .
Participants of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1961–1962) named it after the Aurora , the ship of the Ross Sea Party as part of the endurance expedition (1914–1917) of British polar explorer Ernest Shackleton .
Web links
- Aurora Heights in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Aurora Heights on geographic.org (English).