English Explanatory Dictionary

Quartermain Mountains

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/ˈkoɹ.təɹ.meɪn ˈmaʊn.tənz/

Word forms

Quartermain Mountains the Quartermain Mountains

Etymology

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

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