Homerun Range
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The Homerun Range is a northwest-trending 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...

, 45 km (28 mi) long and 3 to 11 km (2 to 7 mi) wide, located east of Everett Range
Everett Range
Everett Range is a rugged, mainly ice-covered mountain range nearly 95 km long between the Greenwell and Ebbe glaciers in northwest Victoria Land, Antarctica...

 at the heads of the Ebbe
Ebbe Glacier
Ebbe Glacier is a tributary glacier about 96 km long, draining northwest from the Homerun Range and Robinson Heights, and then WNW between Everett Range and Anare Mountains into Lillie Glacier...

 and Tucker
Tucker Glacier
Tucker Glacier is a major valley glacier of Victoria Land, about 144 km long, flowing southeast between Admiralty Mountains and Victory Mountains to the Ross Sea...

 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.

The name derives from "Homerun Bluff," a field name of the southern party of NZFMCAE, 1962-63, used to denote a turning point in their traverse at this range to the airlift point and the return to Scott Base
Scott Base
Scott Base is a research facility located in Antarctica and is operated by New Zealand. It was named after Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Royal Navy, leader of two British expeditions to the Ross Sea area of Antarctica...

. The entire range was mapped 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, 1960-63.

Mountains of this range include Mount LeResche
Mount LeResche
Mount LeResche is a prominent mountain at the extreme north end of Homerun Range in the Admiralty Mountains, in the Victoria Land region of Antarctica. Mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy aerial photography, 1960-63.The range was named by the Advisory...

 (2040m) and Mount Shelton
Mount Shelton
Mount Shelton is a mountain located just west of the upper part of Rastorfer Glacier in the east-central portion of the Homerun Range, Admiralty Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names ...

(2485m).
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