Millen Range
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The Millen Range is a prominent Northwest-Southeast trending range
in Antarctica, located west of Cartographers Range
in the Victory Mountains
. Peaks in the range include Inferno, Omega, Le Couteur, Head, Cirque, Gless, Turret, Crosscut and Mount Aorangi
. It was Named by the NZFMCAE, 1962–63, for John M. Millen, leader of this expedition.
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...
in Antarctica, located west of Cartographers Range
Cartographers Range
Cartographers Range is a rugged mountain range about long in the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land in Antarctica. It is bounded on the north by Pearl Harbor Glacier, on the east by Tucker Glacier, and on the south by Hearfield and Trafalgar Glaciers....
in the Victory Mountains
Victory Mountains
The Victory Mountains is a major group of mountains in Victoria Land, Antarctica, about long and wide, which is bounded primarily by Mariner and Tucker glaciers and the Ross Sea...
. Peaks in the range include Inferno, Omega, Le Couteur, Head, Cirque, Gless, Turret, Crosscut and Mount Aorangi
Mount Aorangi
Mount Aorangi is the highest mountain, 3,135 m, in the Millen Range of Antarctica. So named by the NZFMCAE, 1962–63, because of this mountain's cloud-piercing ability, and also with reference to Aoraki/Mount Cook, New Zealand, Aorangi or Aoraki meaning cloud piercer.Aorangi is also one of the most...
. It was Named by the NZFMCAE, 1962–63, for John M. Millen, leader of this expedition.