词条 | Boomerang Range |
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| name = Boomerang Range | photo = Nunateks_boomerang_range.jpg | photo_caption = Nunataks at north end of Boomerang range, looking NNE towards the polar plateau. | elevation = ca. 1600m | location = Boomerang Range, west side of Skelton Neve, Antarctica | coordinates = {{coord|-78.45|158.75|region:AQ|display=inline,title}} }} The Boomerang Range, (at {{coord|-78.45|158.75|region:AQ}}), is a narrow mountain range on the western side of the Skelton Glacier and Skelton Névé, Antarctica. The range is curved like a boomerang, and extends generally north-south for about 25 km. It was mapped and named in 1957 by geologists in the New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE), 1956-58.[1][2] References1. ^Antarctica, by A.S. Helm and J.H. Miller. The story of the New Zealand Party of the Trans-Antarctic Expedition. 1964. R.E. Owen, Government Printer, Wellington, New Zealand. {{OatesLand-geo-stub}}2. ^"New Zealand and the Antarctic" by L.B. Quatermain. 1971. A. R. Shearer, Government Printer, Wellington, New Zealand 1 : Mountain ranges of Oates Land |
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