Rare range
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| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
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| Coordinates | 74 ° 23 ′ S , 64 ° 5 ′ W | |
The Rare Range is a rugged mountain range in the Palmerland on the Antarctic Peninsula . It lies between the Wetmore Glacier and the Irvine Glacier .
He was discovered and photographed from the air during the R onne A ntarctic R esearch E xpedition (1947–1948) under the direction of the US polar explorer Finn Ronne . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1968 after the acronym for the expedition (RARE) in memory of its contribution to expanding knowledge about the Palmerland.
Web links
- Rare Range in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Rare Range on geographic.org (English)