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41: 34: 74: 408: 741: 288: 413: 1599: 1496: 1603: 1500: 1088:, an ice-covered plateau of about 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) extent in the Victory Mountains. The plateau is irregular in shape and is bounded on the south and west by 561:, a major tributary glacier flowing generally east from the Victory Mountains and entering the southwest side of Tucker Glacier 17 nautical miles (31 km; 20 mi) northwest of 613: 162: 113: 203:, Antarctica, about 100 nautical miles (190 km; 120 mi) long and 50 nautical miles (93 km; 58 mi) wide, which is bounded primarily by 921:
trending northwest–southeast and including Jato Nunatak, Mount Watt, Mount McCarthy, and Mount Burton, located at the southwest side of the Millen Range.
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and surveys undertaken by New Zealand and American parties in the 1950s and 1960s. The Victory Mountains were named by the
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over 60 nautical miles (110 km; 69 mi) long, descending southeast from the plateau of Victoria Land, between
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forms to the west of the Barker Range and flows south and then east, separating the Victory Mountains from the
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Northern tip of Victory Mountains in extreme south of map between Jutland Glacier and Tucker Glacier
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to the east, which flows to the southeast and separates the Victory Mountains from the
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is to the south of the Trafalger Glacier and north of the Mariner Glacier.
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aspect of the mountains was first obtained by early British expeditions of
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Southern Victory Mountains in north of map, above Mariner Glacier
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Mountains in the center of mountain groups in the east include:
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is at the center of a ridge system to the west of that glacier.
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The mountains to the east of the Malta Plateau and west of the
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Victory Mountains in east of interior map, west of coastal map
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are in the northwest of the Victory Mountains, east of the
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is south of the Pearl Harbor Glacier and north of the
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The division between the Victory Mountains and the 1346: 1558: 1285: 388:is at the center of a ridge system to the east of 273:New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition 1614: 1526: 1304: 344:is to the west of the Monteath Hills, between 1542: 1247: 1574: 1510: 1412: 1266: 864:, a prominent northwest–southeast trending 72: 815:(2,550 metres (8,370 ft) high), and 40: 1590:United States Department of the Interior 739: 384:are not part of a formally named range. 286: 1505:United States Board on Geographic Names 1476: 1460: 1448: 1436: 1424: 1400: 1388: 1376: 1364: 1352: 1340: 1328: 1316: 1228: 242: 1615: 1564:, USGS: United States Geographic Board 1548:, USGS: United States Geographic Board 1532:, USGS: United States Geographic Board 1516:, USGS: United States Geographic Board 1096:, and on the east by tributaries to 375: 335: 295: 199:) are a major group of mountains in 1581:Geographic Names Information System 13: 1606:from websites or documents of the 1503:from websites or documents of the 791:, a group of mountains bounded by 735: 70:2,193 m (7,195 ft)  14: 1639: 1480:Geographic Names of the Antarctic 1092:, on the north by tributaries to 513:and the Victory Mountains to the 399: 1623:Mountain ranges of Victoria Land 1602: This article incorporates 1597: 1499: This article incorporates 1494: 411: 406: 316:are to their south, east of the 39: 32: 1608:United States Geological Survey 1586:United States Geological Survey 666:, as a floating glacier tongue. 1477:Alberts, Fred G., ed. (1995), 1: 1211: 7: 658:, and thence projects into 456:GPX (secondary coordinates) 282: 10: 1644: 1469: 451:GPX (primary coordinates) 426:Map all coordinates using 105: 94: 86: 81: 64: 59: 26: 21: 434:Download coordinates as: 215:. They are north of the 1286:Freyberg Mountains USGS 1604:public domain material 1501:public domain material 868:, located west of the 745: 292: 807:. The group includes 743: 723:, and terminating at 446:GPX (all coordinates) 290: 1098:Borchgrevink Glacier 1029:Pearl Harbor Glacier 976:Pearl Harbor Glacier 801:Pearl Harbor Glacier 641:Borchgrevink Glacier 609:Borchgrevink Glacier 529:Pearl Harbor Glacier 525:flows northwestward. 390:Borchgrevink Glacier 350:Pearl Harbor Glacier 257:Carsten Borchgrevink 243:Exploration and name 1305:Coulman Island USGS 1174: /  1125: /  1063: /  1035:, and the south by 1018:Cartographers Range 1002: /  986:Cartographers Range 941: /  892: /  870:Cartographers Range 839: /  766: /  686: /  625: /  585: /  545: /  511:Admiralty Mountains 484: /  362:Cartographers Range 358:Admiralty Mountains 277:Admiralty Mountains 261:Robert Falcon Scott 229:Admiralty Mountains 174: /  125: /  1628:Borchgrevink Coast 1561:Freyberg Mountains 1179:72.717°S 168.350°E 1130:72.800°S 167.767°E 1068:72.967°S 167.300°E 1007:72.350°S 167.833°E 946:72.067°S 167.133°E 897:72.533°S 166.167°E 844:72.333°S 166.250°E 771:72.100°S 166.500°E 746: 691:73.250°S 167.500°E 630:73.067°S 168.500°E 589:72.467°S 168.417°E 549:72.250°S 167.667°E 489:72.533°S 169.250°E 306:Freyberg Mountains 293: 269:United States Navy 221:Freyberg Mountains 179:72.667°S 168.000°E 130:72.667°S 168.000°E 60:Highest point 1248:Ebbe Glacier USGS 1094:Trafalgar Glacier 1041:Trafalgar Glacier 1037:Hearfield Glacier 1031:, on the east by 717:Mountaineer Range 656:Daniell Peninsula 569:Trafalgar Glacier 521:, from which the 382:Daniell Peninsula 376:Eastern mountains 366:Trafalgar Glacier 352:to the south and 336:Central mountains 330:Mountaineer Range 296:Western mountains 265:Ernest Shackleton 233:Concord Mountains 225:Concord Mountains 223:and south of the 217:Mountaineer Range 211:glaciers and the 190:Victory Mountains 157:Victory Mountains 153: 152: 141:Victory Mountains 107:Range coordinates 47:Victory Mountains 22:Victory Mountains 1635: 1601: 1600: 1592: 1571: 1570: 1569: 1555: 1554: 1553: 1539: 1538: 1537: 1523: 1522: 1521: 1498: 1497: 1493: 1492: 1491: 1485: 1464: 1458: 1452: 1446: 1440: 1434: 1428: 1422: 1416: 1413:Saxby Range USGS 1410: 1404: 1398: 1392: 1386: 1380: 1374: 1368: 1362: 1356: 1350: 1344: 1338: 1332: 1326: 1320: 1314: 1308: 1302: 1289: 1283: 1270: 1267:Cape Hallet USGS 1264: 1251: 1245: 1232: 1226: 1198: 1197: 1195: 1194: 1193: 1191: 1186: 1185: 1184:-72.717; 168.350 1180: 1175: 1172: 1171: 1170: 1167: 1149: 1148: 1146: 1145: 1144: 1142: 1137: 1136: 1135:-72.800; 167.767 1131: 1126: 1123: 1122: 1121: 1118: 1087: 1086: 1084: 1083: 1082: 1080: 1075: 1074: 1073:-72.967; 167.300 1069: 1064: 1061: 1060: 1059: 1056: 1026: 1025: 1023: 1022: 1021: 1019: 1014: 1013: 1012:-72.350; 167.833 1008: 1003: 1000: 999: 998: 995: 965: 964: 962: 961: 960: 958: 953: 952: 951:-72.067; 167.133 947: 942: 939: 938: 937: 934: 916: 915: 913: 912: 911: 909: 904: 903: 902:-72.533; 166.167 898: 893: 890: 889: 888: 885: 863: 862: 860: 859: 858: 856: 851: 850: 849:-72.333; 166.250 845: 840: 837: 836: 835: 832: 817:Mount Holdsworth 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Victory Mountains is located in Antarctica
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Victoria Land
Range coordinates
72°40′S 168°00′E / 72.667°S 168.000°E / -72.667; 168.000 (Victory Mountains)
72°40′S 168°00′E / 72.667°S 168.000°E / -72.667; 168.000 (Victory Mountains)
Victoria Land
Mariner
Tucker
Ross Sea
Mountaineer Range
Freyberg Mountains
Concord Mountains
Admiralty Mountains
Concord Mountains
Thomson Peak
Ross Sea
James Clark Ross
Carsten Borchgrevink
Robert Falcon Scott
Ernest Shackleton
United States Navy
New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
Admiralty Mountains

Monteath Hills
Freyberg Mountains
Millen Range
Barker Range

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