Quartermain Mountains

English

Etymology

From Quartermain (surname) +‎ mountains, named after one Lester Bowden Quartermain, an Antarctic historian from New Zealand. Coined by New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1977.

Pronunciation

  • (Southern US) IPA(key): /ˈkoɹ.təɹ.meɪn ˈmaʊn.tənz/

Proper noun

the Quartermain Mountains pl (plural only)

  1. A mountain range in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Victoria Land, Antarctica.

Translations

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