Homerun Range
| Homerun Range | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 71 ° 40 ′ S , 166 ° 35 ′ E | |
 Map from 1967, Homerun Range south of the map center between Concord Mountains and Admiralty Mountains |
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The Homerun Range is a north-west facing mountain range in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It extends with a length of 45 km and a width between 3 and 11 km east of the Everett Range at the head ends of the Ebbe and Tucker glaciers .
The name of the mountain range derives from the naming as Homerun Bluff by participants of the New Zealand Federated Mountain Club Antarctic Expedition (1962–1963). With this they pointed to the course of their journey between the landmarks in this mountain range, the place of their departure and Scott Base , which is reminiscent of a home run over the marks of a baseball field . The United States Geological Survey mapped the entire mountain range based on surveys and aerial photographs taken by the United States Navy between 1960 and 1963.
Web links
- Homerun Range in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Homerun Range on geographic.org (English)