Gonville and Caius Range
| Gonville and Caius Range | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 77 ° 7 ′ S , 162 ° 15 ′ E | |
 Map of Ross Island and Scott Coast from 1962 (reprinted 1970), Gonville and Caius Range to the northwest of the map |
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The Gonville and Caius Range is a mountain range in East Antarctica Victoria Land with peaks between 1000 m and 1500 m altitude. It runs between the Mackay and Debenham glaciers .
It was first mapped during the Terra Nova Expedition (1910–1913) under the direction of the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott . It is named after the Gonville and Caius College of the University of Cambridge , alma mater of some of the participants in the research trip.
Web links
- Gonville and Caius Range in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Gonville and Caius Range on geographic.org (English)