Millen Range
Template:Short description Template:Infobox mountain The Millen Range (Template:Coord) is a prominent northwest–southeast trending mountain range, located west of the Cartographers Range in the Victory Mountains of Antarctica. Peaks in the range include Inferno, Omega, Le Couteur, Head, Cirque, Gless, Turret, Crosscut and Mount Aorangi. It was named by the New Zealand Federated Mountain Clubs Antarctic Expedition (NZFMCAE) of 1962–63, for John M. Millen, leader of the expedition.Template:Sfn
Location
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The Millen Range in the western Victory Mountains extends in a southeast direction to the east of the East Quartzite Range, Destination Nunataks and Barker Range. It is bounded to the east by the Pearl Harbor Glacier, Muller Glacier, Lensen Glacier and Wood Glacier.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Features
Features include, from northwest to southeast,
Inferno Peak
Template:Coord. A peak Template:Convert north of Le Couteur Peak in the north end of Millen Range. So named by the Southern Party of NZFMCAE, 1962-63, because geologic examination showed it contained the granite/greywacke contact, with baking of the sedimentary rock imparting a reddish color to the peak.Template:Sfn
Head Peak
Template:Coord. A peak Template:Convert east of Le Couteur Peak, situated on a projecting ridge of Millen Range in the névé area of Pearl Harbor Glacier. So named by the Southern Party of NZFMCAE, 1962-63, due to its likeness to a head and to its position at the head of Pearl Harbor Glacier.Template:Sfn
Omega Peak
Template:Coord. A peak Template:Convert northeast of Le Couteur Peak. So named by the Southern Party of NZFMCAE, 1962-63, because this was the last major peak climbed by the party, January 2, 1963.Template:Sfn
Le Couteur Peak
Template:Coord. A peak between Cirque and Omega Peaks, in the north part of Millen Range. Named by the Southern Party of the NZFMCAE, 1962-63, for P.C. Le Couteur, geologist with this party.Template:Sfn
Cirque Peak
Template:Coord. A peak Template:Convert south of Le Couteur Peak. So named by the Northern Party of NZFMCAE, 1962-63, due to the peak's position at the head of a large cirque containing a section of the Pearl Harbor Glacier névé.Template:Sfn
Gless Peak
Template:Coord. A peak, Template:Convert high, standing Template:Convert west-southwest of Cirque Peak. 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 Elmer E. Gless, biologist at Hallett Station, summers 1965-66, 1966-67 and 1967-68.Template:Sfn
New Year Peak
Template:Coord. The major peak about Template:Convert high on the northwest side of Toboggan Gap. The name was suggested by Bradley Field, geologist, NZGS, whose field party camped below the peak during the New Year period, 1981-82.Template:Sfn
Toboggan Gap
Template:Coord. A pass through the Millen Range just north of Turret Peak, offering good sledging from the polar plateau to the Pearl Harbor Glacier ne~ve. Named by the Southern Party of NZFMCAE, 1962-63.Template:Sfn
Turret Ridge
Template:Coord. A ridge about Template:Convert long extending northeast from Turret Peak. Visited by a New Zealand Antarctic Research Programme (NZARP) geological party led by R.H. Findlay, 1981-82, and named in association with Turret Peak.Template:Sfn
Turret Peak
Template:Coord. A prominent rock peak, Template:Convert high, standing Template:Convert northwest of Crosscut Peak. The peak is topped with a Template:Convert high vertical spire, or tower, which is an excellent landmark. Named for its distinctive appearance by the Southern party of NZFMCAE, 1962-63.Template:Sfn
Crosscut Peak
Template:Coord. A peak, Template:Convert high, just north of Joice Icefall. So named by the Southern Party of NZFMCAE, 1962-63, due to its jagged northern ridge and summit.Template:Sfn
Joice Icefall
Template:Coord. An icefall draining from the polar plateau through the Millen Range into Lensen Glacier. Named by the Southern Party of NZFMCAE, 1962-63, after I. Joice, field assistant to the party.Template:Sfn
Mount Aorangi
Template:Coord. The highest mountain, Template:Convert high, in the Millen Range. So named by the NZFMCAE, 1962-63, because of this mountain's cloudpiercing ability, and also in memory of Mount Cook, New Zealand, known to the Maori people as "Aorangi" (the cloud piercer).Template:Sfn
Braddock Peak
Template:Coord. A peak rising to Template:Convert high immediately southeast of Mount Aorangi in the south part of Millen Range. Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC), on the proposal of geologist R.A. Cooper, after Peter Braddock, field leader of geological parties to the area in the 1974-75 and 1980-81 seasons.Template:Sfn
Mount Pearson
Template:Coord. A prominent snow peak Template:Convert high situated at the west side of the mouth of Lensen Glacier where the latter joins Pearl Harbor Glacier. Named by the northern party of NZFMCAE, 1962-63, for F.H. Pearson, surveyor with the party.Template:Sfn
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