West Quartzite Range
| West Quartzite Range | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Concord Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 72 ° 0 ′ S , 164 ° 45 ′ E | |
 Map sheet Freyberg Mountains from 1967 with East and West Quartzite Range east of the middle of the northern edge of the map |
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The West Quartzite Range is a mountain range in the northwest of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It extends east of the Houliston Glacier and about 8 km west of the East Quartzite Range in the Concord Mountains .
The northern group of the New Zealand Federated Mountain Clubs Antarctic Expedition (1962–1963) named them after the predominant rock there quartzite .
Web links
- West Quartzite Range in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- West Quarterzite Range on geographic.org (English)