Van Allen Range
| Van Allen Range | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| part of | Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 78 ° 9 ′ S , 159 ° 30 ′ E | |
The Van Allen Range is a more than 22 km long mountain range in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It is located south of the Skelton Firnfield between the Boomerang Range and the Worcester Range . It includes Escalade Peak , Tate Peak and Mount Marvel .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 2000. It is named after the American astrophysicist James Van Allen (1914-2006), who was one of the organizers of the International Geophysical Year (1957-1958).
Web links
- Van Allen Range in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Van Allen Range on geographic.org (English).