Moore Mountains
| Moore Mountains | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| part of | Queen Elizabeth Range in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 83 ° 21 ′ S , 160 ° 45 ′ E | |
The Moore Mountains are a small, distinctive mountain group in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . They loom just north of New Year Pass in the Queen Elizabeth Range .
The mountains were explored in 1957 by the New Zealand Southern Group on the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958). It is named after Richard Douglas Moore (1903–1965), Treasurer of the Ross Sea Committee .
Web links
- Moore Mountains in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Moore Mountains on geographic.org (English)