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Aramis Range

Coordinates: 70°37′S 67°00′E / 70.617°S 67.000°E / -70.617; 67.000
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Aramis Range is the third range south in the Prince Charles Mountains, situated 11 miles southeast of the Porthos Range and extending for about 30 miles in a southwest-northeast direction. First visited in January 1957 by Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) southern party led by W.G. Bewsher, who named it for a character in Alexandre Dumas' novel The Three Musketeers, the most popular book read on the southern journey.[1]

Features

Geographical features include:

Amery Peaks

Main article: Amery Peaks

Other features

Further reading

• R.J. Tingey, GEOLOGICAL WORK IN ANTARCTICA 1971
• John Manning, Mapping Surveys in the Prince Charles Mountains of Antarctica, 2012, P 4


References

  1. ^ "Aramis Range". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2010-08-02.

70°37′S 67°00′E / 70.617°S 67.000°E / -70.617; 67.000


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