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Boomerang Range

Coordinates: 78°27′S 158°45′E / 78.45°S 158.75°E / -78.45; 158.75
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Boomerang Range
Nunataks at north end of Boomerang range, looking NNE towards the polar plateau.
Highest point
Elevationca. 1600m
Coordinates78°27′S 158°45′E / 78.45°S 158.75°E / -78.45; 158.75
Geography
Map
LocationBoomerang Range, west side of Skelton Neve, Antarctica

The Boomerang Range (at 78°27′S 158°45′E / 78.45°S 158.75°E / -78.45; 158.75) is a narrow mountain range on the western side of the Skelton Glacier and Skelton Névé, Antarctica. The range is curved like a boomerang, and extends generally north–south for about 25 km.

It was mapped and named in 1957 by geologists in the New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE), 1956–1958.[1][2]

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References

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  1. ^ Antarctica, by A.S. Helm and J.H. Miller. The story of the New Zealand Party of the Trans-Antarctic Expedition. 1964. R.E. Owen, Government Printer, Wellington, New Zealand.
  2. ^ "New Zealand and the Antarctic" by L.B. Quatermain. 1971. A. R. Shearer, Government Printer, Wellington, New Zealand