Saint John's Range
| Saint John's Range | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 77 ° 17 ′ S , 162 ° 0 ′ E | |
.jpg) Topographic map of the Antarctic Dry Valleys , St Johns Range in the northern half |
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The Saint Johns Range is a crescent-shaped mountain range in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It is bounded in the north by the Cotton , Miller and Debenham Glaciers , in the south by the Upper and Lower Victoria Glaciers .
The New Zealand Northern Group of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) explored the peaks of the mountains in 1957. It is named after St John's College of the University of Cambridge , where several participants in the Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1913) theirs wrote scientific publications about this research trip. The name is related to that of the Gonville and Caius Range .
Web links
- Saint Johns Range in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Saint Johns Range on geographic.org (English)