Reeves Neve
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Reeves Neve is an extensive neve lying westward of Eisenhower Range
in Victoria Land
. Reeves Glacier, which drains southeastward to the coast, has its source in this neve. Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee
(NZ-APC) in association with Reeves Glacier
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Eisenhower Range
The Eisenhower Range is a mountain range, about 72 km long and rising to 3,070 m , which rises between Reeves Névé on the west, Reeves Glacier on the south, and Priestley Glacier on the north and east, in Victoria Land, Antarctica...
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...
. Reeves Glacier, which drains southeastward to the coast, has its source in this neve. Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee
New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee
New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee is an adjudicating committee established to authorize the naming of features in the Ross Dependency on the Antarctic continent. It is composed of the members of the New Zealand Geographic Board plus selected specialists on Antarctica...
(NZ-APC) in association with Reeves Glacier
Reeves Glacier
Reeves Glacier is a broad glacier originating on the interior upland and descending between Eisenhower Range and Mount Larsen to merge with the Nansen Ice Sheet along the coast of Victoria Land. Discovered and named by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907–09, under Shackleton...
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