Nash Range
| Nash Range | ||
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 Map sheet with the Nash Range on the eastern edge of the map |
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| part of | Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 81 ° 55 ′ S , 162 ° 0 ′ E | |
The Nash Range is an approximately 65 km long and mainly ice-covered mountain range on the Shackleton Coast in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It extends on the southwestern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf between the Dickey and Nimrod glaciers .
The New Zealand Ross Sea Committee named it after the politician Walter Nash (1882–1968), Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1957 to 1960.
Web links
- Nash Range in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Nash Range on geographic.org (English)