Holyoake Range
| Holyoake Range | ||
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| Highest peak | Hunt Mountain ( 3240 m ) | |
| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| part of | Churchill Mountains in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 82 ° 13 ′ S , 160 ° 0 ′ E | |
 Map of the southern Churchill Mountains , the Nash Range , the Nimrod Glacier and the northern Queen Elizabeth Range ; Holyoake Range in the northwest quarter |
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The Holyoake Range is a mountain range in the southern part of the Churchill Mountains in the Transantarctic Mountains . It extends in a north-west-south-east direction over 40 km between the Prince Philip Glacier and the Errant Glacier .
The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee named them after the New Zealand politician Keith Holyoake (1904-1983), who gave massive support to the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958).
Web links
- Holyoake Range in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Holyoake Range on geographic.org (English).