The Frigate Range ( 82°48′S 162°20′E / 82.800°S 162.333°E / -82.800; 162.333 ( Frigate Range ) ) is a high mountain range extending 12 nautical miles (22 km) east from Mount Markham in the Queen Elizabeth Range of Antarctica.
5-795: The Frigate Range was named by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE; 1961–62) to commemorate the work of the New Zealand frigates on Antarctic patrol duties. Download coordinates as: The Frigate Range is a ridge in the east of the Queen Elizabeth Range, bounded by the Lowery Glacier to the east, the Kent Glacier to the south and the Rowland Glacier to
10-519: The United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Orville Wyss, USARP biologist at McMurdo Station, 1962-63. New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition ( NZGSAE ) describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica . The expeditions were notably active throughout the 1950s and 1960s. The 1957–1958 expedition went to
15-537: The north. Mount Markham is to the west of the range. The Otago Glacier forms to the northwest of the Frigate Range and flows north. Features of the range, from west to east, include Mount Hawea, Mount Pukaki, Mount Rotoiti and Mount Wyss. 82°50′S 161°52′E / 82.833°S 161.867°E / -82.833; 161.867 . A peak, 3,080 metres (10,100 ft) high, standing 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) east of Mount Markham. Named by
20-667: The northern party of the NZGSAE (1961-62) for the New Zealand frigate, Hawea . 82°49′S 162°06′E / 82.817°S 162.100°E / -82.817; 162.100 . A peak between Mount Hawea and Mount Rotoiti. Named by the northern party of the NZGSAE (1961-62) for the New Zealand frigate Pukaki . 82°48′S 162°14′E / 82.800°S 162.233°E / -82.800; 162.233 . A peak, 2,900 metres (9,500 ft) high, standing 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) northeast of Mount Pukaki. Named by
25-504: The northern party of the NZGSAE (1961-62) for the New Zealand frigate, Rotoiti . 82°47′S 162°42′E / 82.783°S 162.700°E / -82.783; 162.700 . A peak, 1,930 metres (6,330 ft) high, standing 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) east of Mount Rotoiti. Mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1960-62. Named by
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