Alamein Range
Template:Short description Template:Infobox mountain Alamein Range (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".) is a range lying west of Canham Glacier, in the Freyberg Mountains of Antarctica. It was named in association with Lord Bernard Freyberg and the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force by the Northern Party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1963–64.Template:Sfn
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Location
The Alamein Range runs from northwest to southeast. It lies to the east of the Rennick Glacier and west of the Canham Glacier. The Salamander Range is parallel to it on the east side of the Canham Glaciier. In the north, the Canham Glacier joins the Rennick Glacier past the tip of the Alamein Range. Features, from north to south, include Takrouna Bluff, Benoit Peak and Mount Camelot. Features to the west, between the Alamein Range and Rennick Glacier, include Mount Strandmann, Smiths Bench, Mount Baldwin and the Moawhango Névé.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Features
Takrouna Bluff
Script error: No such module "Coordinates".. A small but prominent bluff on the east side of Alamein Range, overlooking Canham Glacier from a position Script error: No such module "convert". west-southwest of Galatos Peak. Named by the northern party of NZGSAE, 1963-64, after Takrouna, a similar feature in Tunisia associated with Lord Freyberg and the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force during World War II.Template:Sfn
Benoit Peak
Script error: No such module "Coordinates".. A peak Script error: No such module "convert". north-northeast of Mount Camelot. Mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Robert E. Benoit, biologist at McMurdo Station, summers 1966-67 and 1967-68.Template:Sfn
Mount Camelot
Script error: No such module "Coordinates".. A mountain, Script error: No such module "convert". high, rising near the center of the Freyberg Mountains and being the highest summit of this group. Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) in 1968. The mountain is of geological interest as one of the localities where the sub-beacon erosion surface is exposed.Template:Sfn
Nearby features
Mount Strandtmann
Script error: No such module "Coordinates".. A mountain Script error: No such module "convert". north of Smiths Bench. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by US-ACAN for Russell W. Strandtmann, biologist at McMurdo Station, summers 1966-67 and 1967-68.Template:Sfn
Smiths Bench
Script error: No such module "Coordinates".. A distinctive bench-like elevation Script error: No such module "convert". northwest of Mount Baldwin. Named by US-ACAN for William M. Smith, psychologist, a member of the United States ArmyRP Victoria Land Traverse Party which surveyed this area in 1959-60.Template:Sfn
Mount Baldwin
Script error: No such module "Coordinates".. A mountain Script error: No such module "convert". southeast of Smiths Bench. Named by US-ACAN for T.T. Baldwin, transport specialist, a member of the United States ArmyRP Victoria Land Traverse Party which surveyed this area in 1959-60.Template:Sfn
Moawhango Névé
Script error: No such module "Coordinates".. A small névé between Mount Camelot and Monte Cassino. Named by the NZGSAE, 1967-68, in association with a locality of the same name in New Zealand.Template:Sfn
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