Casey Range

Coordinates: 67°47′S 62°12′E / 67.783°S 62.200°E / -67.783; 62.200 Casey Range is a jagged, razor-backed ridge and a few nunataks in a line extending north-south, standing 8 miles west of David Range, in the Framnes Mountains. Discovered by the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE), 1929–31, under Douglas Mawson, who named it for Rt. Hon. Richard G. Casey.[1]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Casey Range


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