Geological features Deep Freeze Range
1 geological features
1.1 mount adamson
1.2 mount dickason
1.3 mount hewson
1.4 mount queensland
1.5 shafer peak
geological features
mount adamson
mount adamson (73°55′s 163°0′e / 73.917°s 163.000°e / -73.917; 163.000) peak, 3,400 m (11,155 ft) high, rising 10 km (6 mi) east-northeast of mount hewson. named northern party of new zealand geological survey antarctic expedition (nzgsae), 1965–66, r. adamson, geologist party.
mount dickason
mount dickason (74°24′s 163°58′e / 74.400°s 163.967°e / -74.400; 163.967) prominent mountain, 2,030 m (6,660 ft) high, @ head of boomerang glacier. first mapped northern party of british antarctic expedition, 1910–13, , named seaman harry dickason, royal navy (rn), member of northern party.
mount hewson
mount hewson (73°58′s 162°38′e / 73.967°s 162.633°e / -73.967; 162.633) bluff-type mountain (3,720 m) standing 10 km (6 mi) wsw of mount adamson. named southern party of nzgsae, 1962–63, r.w. hewson, leader , surveyor of party; surveyor northern party of nzgsae, 1961-62.
mount queensland
mount queensland (74°16′s 163°56′e / 74.267°s 163.933°e / -74.267; 163.933) prominent mountain, 1,910 m (6,266 ft) high, standing 11 km (7 mi) north of mount dickason. discovered discovery expedition, 1901–04, named mountain state of queensland, australia, in recognition of assistance given expedition government.
shafer peak
shafer peak (74°01′s 162°36′e / 74.017°s 162.600°e / -74.017; 162.600) prominent peak, 3,600 m (11,811 ft) high, standing 5 km (3 mi) south of mount hewson. mapped usgs surveys , u.s. navy air photos, 1955-63. named advisory committee on antarctic names (us-acan) lieutenant cdt. willard g. shafer, (cec) u.s. navy, officer in charge of nuclear power plant @ mcmurdo station, winter party 1965.
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