Surveyors Range
mountain range in the Churchill Mountains of Antarctica
Surveyors Range (81°37′S 160°15′E) is a 30 miles (48 km) long mountain range in the Churchill Mountains of Antarctica.
Location
Surveyors Range is 30 miles (48 km) long, extending north along the east side of Starshot Glacier from the Thompson Mountain area to the glacier's terminus at the Ross Ice Shelf.
The Swithinbank Range is to the west, on the other side of the Starshot Glacier.
The Dickey Glacier runs north along the east side of the range.
The range was named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) (1960–61) for the early pioneering surveyors of New Zealand and present day equivalents in Great Britain who contributed to work carried out in this area by Captain P.J. Hunt, Royal Engineers.
Glaciers
Starshot Glacier
81°20′S 160°20′E.
A glacier 50 miles (80 km) long, flowing from the polar plateau eastward through the Churchill Mountains, then north along the west side of Surveyors Range, entering the Ross Ice Shelf south of Cape Parr. So named by the NZGSAE (1960-61) because the area was surveyed with the use of star observations.
Dickey Glacier
81°35′S 161°00′E.
A glacier 12 miles (19 km) long, flowing north along the east side of the Surveyors Range to enter Beaumont Bay, Ross Ice Shelf.
Named by US-ACAN for Capt. Willie M. Dickey, USN, commander, Naval Support Units, Antarctica, at Little America V, winter 1957.
The public source identifies “Surveyors Range” as mountain range in the Churchill Mountains of Antarctica. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Surveyors, Range and mountain.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q12718777. Authority coordinates are -81.617, 160.250. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1960 and 1957.
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