Miller Range

"Bob", now Sir Joseph Holmes Miller, a member of the New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1958) who, with G.W.

[4] There is evidence that suggests that the Miller Range terrain was accreted to the Gawler–Adélie Craton during the 1730–1690 Ma Kimban–Nimrod Orogeny, with a suture zone that may be at or near the location of the Nimrod Group.

This is unconformably overlain by a thick sequence of sedimentary rocks, mostly from the Devonian to Triassic and of continental origin.

[6] The Miller Range differs from its neighbors in being composed only of the basement complex, which holds regional metamorphic rocks of the Nimrod Group, with Hope Granite intrusions.

So named by the Ohio State University Geological Party of 1967–68, because the granite cliffs surrounding the cirque are cut by numerous black dikes.

A glacial cirque 0.5 miles (0.80 km) wide along the east wall of Ascent Glacier in the Miller Range.

It was named by the Ohio State University Geological Party of 1967–68 because the cirque was the scene of a game of ice hockey.

A semi-circular glacial cirque, 1 mile (1.6 km) wide, at the south end of Macdonald Bluffs in Miller Range.

So named by the Ohio State University Geological Party, 1967-68, because the granite cliffs of the cirque have a bright pink to red color in certain lighting.

Mapped in December 1957, and named by the New Zealand southern party of the CTAE (1956-58) for V. Gerard, IGY scientist at Scott Base in 1957.

Rock bluffs between Orr Peak and Isocline Hill along the west side of Marsh Glacier, in the Miller Range.

So named by the Ohio State University Geological Party of 1967–68 because an isoclinal fold is well exposed on the side of the hill.

A mainly ice-free ridge, 5 miles (8.0 km) long, bordering the west side of Ascent Glacier in the Miller Range.

A partially ice-covered ridge, 5 miles (8.0 km) long, extending northward from Martin Dome to the southern edge of Argosy Glacier in the Miller Range.

A mainly ice-free valley 5 miles (8.0 km) long, just west of Kreiling Mesa in the Miller Range.

Turner studied the geology of the dry valley areas near McMurdo Sound, 1959-60, and in several subsequent seasons served as USARP Representative in Antarctica.

Discovered and named by the northern party of NZGSAE (1961-62), who found the deep soft snow here made snowshoeing the best method of travel.

A small bluff or promontory on the east side of Miller Range, overlooking Marsh Glacier 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Corner Nunatak.

Named by US-ACAN for Izak C. Rust, professor of geology, University of Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

Aboard snow machines, the team traverses a pass toward the blue ice field in the distance
Blue ice field in the Miller Range, near the edge of a moraine.