Olympus Range
The Olympus Range is a primarily ice-free mountain range of Victoria Land, Antarctica, with peaks over 2,000 metres high, between Victoria Valley and McKelvey Valley on the north and Wright Valley on the south.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wrenn Peak and Orestes, Mount.
Wrenn Peak
Peak
The Olympus Range is a primarily ice-free mountain range of Victoria Land, Antarctica, with peaks over 2,000 metres high, between Victoria Valley and McKelvey Valley on the north and Wright Valley on the south.
Orestes, Mount
Peak
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The Olympus Range is a primarily ice-free mountain range of Victoria Land, Antarctica, with peaks over 2,000 metres high, between Victoria Valley and McKelvey Valley on the north and Wright Valley on the south.
Peleus, Mount
Peak
The Olympus Range is a primarily ice-free mountain range of Victoria Land, Antarctica, with peaks over 2,000 metres high, between Victoria Valley and McKelvey Valley on the north and Wright Valley on the south.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jones Terrace and Prospect Mesa.
Jones Terrace
Locality
The Olympus Range is a primarily ice-free mountain range of Victoria Land, Antarctica, with peaks over 2,000 metres high, between Victoria Valley and McKelvey Valley on the north and Wright Valley on the south. Jones Terrace is situated 4½ km southeast of Olympus Range.
Prospect Mesa
Locality
Prospect Mesa is a low mesa in Victoria Land, in eastern Antarctica. It lies below Bull Pass on the north side of Wright Valley. The name designates that it is part of the regional geological Prospect Formation. Prospect Mesa is situated 6 km south of Olympus Range.
Vanda Station
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Vanda Station was an Antarctic research base in the western highlands of the Ross Dependency, specifically on the shore of Lake Vanda, at the mouth of Onyx River, in the Wright Valley. Vanda Station is situated 10 km southwest of Olympus Range.
Olympus Range
- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 2,000 metres
- Description: mountain range
- Categories: mountain range and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Venetian—“Olympus Range” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Olympus Range”
- Chinese: “奧林匹斯山脈”
- Dutch: “Olympus Range”
- French: “Olympus Range”
- German: “Olympus Range”
- Hebrew: “רכס אולימפוס”
- Italian: “Dorsale Olympus”
- Japanese: “オリンパス山脈”
- Ladin: “Ciadëina de Olympus”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Olympus Range”
- Swedish: “Olympus Range”
- Venetian: “Dorsale Olympus”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Enyo Glacier and Orestes Valley.
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