Lillie Range
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Lillie Range is a range of mountains extending northward from the Prince Olav Mountains
(in the vicinity of Mount Fisher) to the Ross Ice Shelf
. Mounts Hall, Daniel, Krebs and Mason are in the range. Named by the Southern Party
of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
(NZGSAE) (1963–64) for A.R. Lillie, professor of geology at the University of Auckland.
Prince Olav Mountains
The Prince Olav Mountains is a mountain range of the Queen Maud Mountains stretching from Shackleton Glacier to Liv Glacier at the head of the Ross Ice Shelf....
(in the vicinity of Mount Fisher) to the Ross Ice Shelf
Ross Ice Shelf
The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf of Antarctica . It is several hundred metres thick. The nearly vertical ice front to the open sea is more than 600 km long, and between 15 and 50 metres high above the water surface...
. Mounts Hall, Daniel, Krebs and Mason are in the range. Named by the Southern Party
Southern Party
The Southern Party was a minor political party in the United States that operated exclusively in the South. The party supported states' rights and increased Southern cultural and regionalist activism....
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) (1963–64) for A.R. Lillie, professor of geology at the University of Auckland.