Freyberg Mountains

Freyberg Mountains
Freyberg Mountains in Antarctica
1:250,000 scale topographic map of Freyberg Mountains and Evans Névé.

The Freyberg Mountains (72°15′S 163°45′E / 72.250°S 163.750°E / -72.250; 163.750) are a group of mountains in Victoria Land, Antarctica, bounded by Rennick Glacier, Bowers Mountains, Black Glacier, and Evans Neve. Named for New Zealand's most famous General, Lord Bernard Freyberg, by the Northern Party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1963-64.[1] This mountain group includes the Alamein Range. These topographical features all lie situated on the Pennell Coast, a portion of Antarctica lying between Cape Williams and Cape Adare.

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