Insel Range
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Insel Range is a series of ice-free flat-topped peaks resembling islands which rise above the surrounding terrain and separate McKelvey Valley
from Balham Valley
, in Victoria Land
. So named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE) (1958–59) because of the resemblance to islands.
McKelvey Valley
McKelvey Valley is a valley between the western part of the Olympus Range and the Insel Range, in Victoria Land. It was named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition for B.C. McKelvey, a geologist of Victoria University of Wellington, who, with P.N...
from Balham Valley
Balham Valley
Balham Valley is an ice-free valley between the Insel Range and the Apocalypse Peaks, in Victoria Land. It was named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition for R.W. Balham, biologist with the New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition who did the first...
, 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...
. So named by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition (VUWAE) (1958–59) because of the resemblance to islands.