Lawrence Peaks
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Lawrence Peaks is a mountain
complex of high peaks separating the Seafarer Glacier
from the head of the Mariner Glacier
in Antarctica.
It was named by the Northern Party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
(NZGSAE), 1966–67, for the leader of the party, J.E.S.Lawrence.
Mountain
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complex of high peaks separating the Seafarer Glacier
Seafarer Glacier
Seafarer Glacier is a tributary glacier draining southward from Webb Neve, between the Lawrence Peaks and Malta Plateau, to enter Mariner Glacier, in Victoria Land. So named by the Mariner Glacier party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition , 1966–67, in association with the name...
from the head of the Mariner Glacier
Mariner Glacier
Mariner Glacier is a major glacier over long, descending southeast from the plateau of Victoria Land, between Mountaineer Range and Malta Plateau, and terminating at Lady Newnes Bay, Ross Sea, where it forms the floating Mariner Glacier Tongue...
in Antarctica.
It was 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), 1966–67, for the leader of the party, J.E.S.Lawrence.
Further reading
- "Mariner Glacier Geological Survey", J.E.S.Lawrence, Antarctic, 4, 9, March 1967 pp 436–439
- Weaver S.D., Bradshaw J.D. and Laird M.G. Lawrence Peaks Volcanics, North Victoria Land. New Zealand Antarctic Record. 1984 Vol 5 No 3 pp 18–22
- Edmund Stump. The Ross Orogen of the Transantarctic Mountains. Cambridge. 1995
- Third GANOVEX expedition, Geological Mapping and Investigations of the Geology of the East and North of North Victoria Land 1982