The Deep Freeze Range is a rugged mountain range

Mountain range

A mountain range is a single, large mass consisting of a succession of mountains or narrowly spaced mountain ridges, with or without peaks, closely related in position, direction, formation, and age; a component part of a mountain system or of a mountain chain...

, over 128 km (80 mi) long and about 16 km (10 mi) wide, rising between Priestley

Priestley Glacier

The Priestley Glacier is a major valley glacier, about 96 km long, originating at the edge of the polar plateau of Victoria Land. The glacier drains southeast between the Deep Freeze and Eisenhower ranges to enter the northern end of the Nansen Ice Sheet.First explored by the Northern Party...

 and Campbell

Campbell Glacier

Campbell Glacier is a glacier, about long, originating near the south end of Mesa Range and draining southeast between the Deep Freeze Range and Mount Melbourne to discharge into north Terra Nova Bay. The lower end of the glacier was observed by the Northern Party, led by Lieutenant Victor L.A...

 glaciers in Victoria Land

Victoria Land

Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...

, Antarctica, and extending from the edge of the polar plateau to Terra Nova Bay

Terra Nova Bay

Terra Nova Bay is a bay which is often ice free, about long, lying between Cape Washington and the Drygalski Ice Tongue along the coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica....

. Peaks in the low and mid portions of the range were observed by early British expeditions to the Ross Sea

Ross Sea

The Ross Sea is a deep bay of the Southern Ocean in Antarctica between Victoria Land and Marie Byrd Land.-Description:The Ross Sea was discovered by James Ross in 1841. In the west of the Ross Sea is Ross Island with the Mt. Erebus volcano, in the east Roosevelt Island. The southern part is covered...

.

The range was mapped in detail by the USGS

United States Geological Survey

The United States Geological Survey is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten it. The organization has four major science disciplines, concerning biology,...

 from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1955-63. Named by US-ACAN

Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...

 in recognition of the splendid support to research provided by the U.S. Navy's Operation Deep Freeze

Operation Deep Freeze

Operation Deep Freeze is the codename for a series of United States missions to Antarctica, beginning with "Operation Deep Freeze I" in 1955–56, followed by "Operation Deep Freeze II", "Operation Deep Freeze III", and so on...

 expeditions to Antarctica for many years beginning in 1954.

Mount Adamson

Mount Adamson (73°55′S 163°0′E) is a peak

Summit (topography)

In topography, a summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. Mathematically, a summit is a local maximum in elevation...

, 3400 m (11,155 ft) high, rising 10 km (6 mi) east-northeast of Mount Hewson. Named by the northern party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition

New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition

The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica. The expeditions were notably active in 1957-58 and again in 1958-59. The 1957-58 expedition went to the Ross Dependency and named the Borchgrevink Glacier...

 (NZGSAE), 1965-66, for R. Adamson, geologist

Geologist

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 with this party.

Mount Dickason

Mount Dickason (74°24′S 163°58′E) is a prominent mountain, 2030 m (6,660 ft) high, at the head of Boomerang Glacier. First mapped by the Northern Party of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13, and named for Seaman Harry Dickason, Royal Navy (RN), a member of the Northern Party.

Mount Hewson

Mount Hewson (73°58′S 162°38′E) is a bluff-type mountain (3,720 m) standing 10 km (6 mi) WSW of Mount Adamson. Named by the southern party of NZGSAE, 1962-63, for R.W. Hewson, leader and surveyor of this party; also a surveyor for the northern party of NZGSAE, 1961-62.

Mount Queensland

Mount Queensland (74°16′S 163°56′E) is a prominent mountain

Mountain

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, 1910 m (6,266 ft) high, standing 11 km (7 mi) north of Mount Dickason. It was discovered by the Discovery expedition, 1901-04, which named this mountain for the State of Queensland

Queensland

Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...

, Australia, in recognition of the assistance given the expedition by its government.

Shafer Peak

Shafer Peak (74°01′S 162°36′E) is a prominent peak

Summit (topography)

In topography, a summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. Mathematically, a summit is a local maximum in elevation...

, 3600 m (11,811 ft) high, standing 5 km (3 mi) south of Mount Hewson. Mapped by the USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1955-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...

 (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant Cdt. Willard G. Shafer, (CEC) U.S. Navy, officer in charge of the nuclear power plant at McMurdo Station

McMurdo Station

McMurdo Station is a U.S. Antarctic research center located on the southern tip of Ross Island, which is in the New Zealand-claimed Ross Dependency on the shore of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica. It is operated by the United States through the United States Antarctic Program, a branch of the National...

, winter party 1965.