West Quartzite Range

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Template:Short description Template:Infobox mountain West Quartzite Range (Script error: No such module "Coordinates".) is a range, the western of two parallel quartzite ranges, situated at the east side of Houliston Glacier in the Concord Mountains, Antarctica. It was named by the Northern Party of the New Zealand Federated Mountain Clubs Antarctic Expedition (NZFMCAE), 1962–63, after the distinctive geological formation of the feature.Template:Sfn

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Location

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Terrain north of West Quartzite Range
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West Quartzite Range east of center in north of map

The West Quartzite Range is part of the Concord Mountains.Template:Sfn The range runs northwest–southeast, parallel to the East Quartzite Range to the east. The Houliston Glacier to its west separates it from the Neall Massif and Jago Nunataks. The Salamander Range of the Freyberg Mountains is further to the west. The line of the range extends towards the Destination Nunataks to the southeast.Template:Sfn The Black Glacier lies to the north of the Leitch Massif, the northern end of the range.Template:Sfn

Features

Leitch Massif

Script error: No such module "Coordinates".. A mountain massif that forms the northern part of the West Quartzite Range. Named by the northern party of NZFMCAE, 1962-63, for E.G. Leitch, geologist with this party.Template:Sfn

Cornerpost Peak

Script error: No such module "Coordinates".. A peak, Script error: No such module "convert". high, at the southeast end of the Leitch Massif. So named by the northern party of NZFMCAE, 1962-63, because they established their most northerly survey station here on the turning point of their traverse.Template:Sfn

Gothic Peak

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Lavallee Peak

Script error: No such module "Coordinates".. A peak, Script error: No such module "convert". high, just northwest of Gibraltar Peak. Mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Lieutenant David O. Lavallee, United States Navy, biological diver at McMurdo Station, summers 1963-64, 1964-65 and 1966-67.Template:Sfn

Gibraltar Peak

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Nearby features

Neall Massif

Script error: No such module "Coordinates".. A mountain massif rising between the Salamander and West Quartzite Ranges. Named by the NZ-APC for V.E. Neall, leader and geologist of the NZGSAE, 1967-68.Template:Sfn

Jago Nunataks

Script error: No such module "Coordinates".. A cluster of closely spaced nunataks rising to Script error: No such module "convert". high, centered Script error: No such module "convert". east of the south end of Neall Massif. Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) in 1983 after J.B. Jago, geologist with NZARP geological parties to this area in 1974-75 and 1980-81.Template:Sfn

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