Admiralty Mountains

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The Admiralty Mountains (alternatively Admiralty Range) (71°45′S, 168°30′E) is a large group of high mountains and individually-named ranges and ridges in northeastern Victoria Land of Antarctica. This mountain group is bounded by the Ross Sea, the Southern Ocean, and by the Dennistoun, Ebbe, and Tucker glaciers.

Discovered in January 1841 by Captain James Ross who named them for the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty under whose orders he served.

This range includes the following mountains and peaks:

Mountain/Peak	metres	feet
Mount Minto	4,165	13,665
Mount Adam	4,010	13,156
Mount Ajax	3,770	12,369
Mount Royalist	3,640	11,942
Mount Black Prince	3,405	11,171
Mount Parker	1,260	4,134

[edit] See also

• Lyttelton Range
• Dunedin Range