Convoy Range
| Convoy Range | ||
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 CONVOY RANGE in the southeastern part of the map sheet |
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 76 ° 47 ′ S , 160 ° 45 ′ E | |
The Convoy Range is a broad mountain range with mostly flattened mountain peaks in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It stretches from the Fry Saddle to the Mackay Glacier . On the east flank it drops off steeply, while the west flank ends gently towards the Cambridge Glacier .
The mountain range was named by participants in the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) after the vehicle association that was used at McMurdo Sound from 1956 to 1957 . Some peaks of the Convoy Range bear the names of the vehicles.
Web links
- Convoy Range in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Convoy Range on geographic.org (English)