Monteath Hills#Mount Crowder
{{Short description|Group of mountains in the Victory Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica}}
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The Monteath Hills ({{coord|72|6|S|166|30|E|source:GNIS|name=Monteath Hills}}) are a group of mountains in the Victory Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica, bounded by Jutland Glacier, Midway Glacier, Pearl Harbor Glacier, and Plata Glacier. The group includes Mount Crowder, Mount Tararua ({{Convert|2,550|m}} high), and Mount Holdsworth.
The hills were named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) in 1983, after Colin Monteath, a field operations officer with the Antarctic Division of the New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research.
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Location
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The Monteath Hills are bounded by the Plata Glacier to the northwest, Pearl Harbor Glacier to the south, Jutland Glacier to the northeast and Midway Glacier to the southeast.
The Saxby Range is to the east of the Midway Glacier.
The Millen Range lies to the south west.{{sfn|Freyberg Mountains USGS}}{{sfn|Cape Hallet USGS}}
Features
=Mount Crowder=
{{coord|72|03|S|166|23|E}}.
A prominent mountain, {{convert|2,485|m}} high, located {{convert|6|nmi}} northeast of Mount Tararua.
Mapped by 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 Dwight F. Crowder, geologist at Hallett Station, summer 1964-65.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|pp=163–164}}
=Mount Tararua=
{{coord|72|08|S|166|14|E}}.
A prominent peak, {{convert|2,550|m}} high, surmounting the southwest part of Monteath Hills.
Climbed on January 3, 1963 by the Southern Party of NZFMCAE, 1962-63, who named it after their parent mountain club, the Tararua Tramping Club, Wellington, New Zealand.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=733}}
=Mount Holdsworth=
{{coord|72|08|S|166|35|E}}.
A granite peak {{convert|2,360|m}} high in the east part of Monteath Hills.
Named by the New Zealand Federated Mountain Clubs Antarctic Expedition (NZFMCAE), 1962-63, after Gerald Holdsworth, leader of the northern party of this expedition.{{sfn|Alberts|1995|p=340}}
References
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Sources
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- {{citation|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/fedgov/70039167/report.pdf |accessdate=2024-01-30 |edition=2
|editor-last=Alberts |title=Geographic Names of the Antarctic |editor-first=Fred G.
|publisher=United States Board on Geographic Names |year=1995}} {{Include-USGov |agency=United States Board on Geographic Names}}
- {{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C72189s1_Ant.Map_Cape_Hallet.jpg |accessdate=2024-03-05
|title=Cape Hallet |publisher=USGS: United States Geographic Board |ref={{harvid|Cape Hallet USGS}} }}
- {{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C72193s5_Ant.Map_Freyberg_Mountains.jpg |accessdate=2024-03-04
|title=Freyberg Mountains |publisher=USGS: United States Geographic Board |ref={{harvid|Freyberg Mountains USGS}} }}
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