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Definition of Admiralty Range
1. Noun. Mountains in Antarctica to the north of Victoria Land.
Generic synonyms: Chain, Chain Of Mountains, Mountain Chain, Mountain Range, Range, Range Of Mountains
Lexicographical Neighbors of Admiralty Range
Literary usage of Admiralty Range
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic Regions by James Clark Ross (1847)
"Admiralty Range —Mount Sabine.—Cape Barrow. — Bellinghausen. — Land on Possession
Island. — Southerly Gale. — Great Number of Whales. — Whale Fishery. ..."
2. A directory for the navigation of the Pacific ocean by Alexander George Findlay (1851)
"The range of mountains extending to the NW was called Admiralty Range, ...
167° 8' E., formed the western extreme of the Admiralty Range, as also the most ..."
3. The Monthly Christian Spectator. 1851-1859 (1858)
"We ascended it between the Admiralty range for eleven miles, according to the
course of the stream, to the ferry called ..."
4. The Voyage of the 'Discovery' by Robert Falcon Scott (1905)
"... Admiralty Range are again seen, but are much more striking. There arc foothills
of insignificant height, ..."
5. Maritime Discovery: A History of Nautical Exploration from the Earliest Times by Charles Rathbone Low (1881)
"The range of mountains on the mainland Captain Ross called Admiralty Range, giving
the most conspicuous peaks the names of the Lords of the Admiralty. ..."
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