Saxby Range
| Saxby Range | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Victory Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 72 ° 4 ′ S , 167 ° 7 ′ E | |
The Saxby Range is an expansive and up to 2,450 m high mountain range in the Victory Mountains of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It is enclosed by the Jutland Glacier , Tucker Glacier , Pearl Harbor Glacier and the Midway Glacier .
The New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the mountains in 1982 after Eric John Saxby (* 1937), who was head of the Vanda station on the shores of Lake Vanda and coordinator for geological work in northern Victoria Land from 1981 to 1982 .
Web links
- Saxby Range in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Saxby Range on geographic.org (English).