Findlay Range

The Findlay Range -71.65°N, 167.36667°W is a range lying parallel to and west of Lyttelton Range, extending between Grigg Peak and Sorensen Peak.

Exploration and naming
The Findlay Range was named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) after Robert H. Findlay, geologist, New Zealand Antarctic Division, DSIR; leader of a New Zealand Antarctic Research Programme (NZARP) geological party to this area, 1981-82.

Location
The Findlay Range is in the Admiralty Mountains to the southeast of the Robinson Heights. The Lyttelton Range is to the east and the Homerun Range to the west. Features of the Finlay Range include Grigg Peak, Mount Pittard, Mount Granholm and the Gadsden Peaks.

Grigg Peak
-71.43333°N, 167.15°W. A peak 2,130 m high located 7 nmi west of the north tip of Lyttelton Range. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by US-ACAN for Gordon C. Grigg, USARP biologist at McMurdo Station, 1966-67.

Mount Bierle
-71.5°N, 167.31667°W- A mountain 2,360 m high rising 4.5 nmi north of Mount Granholm. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by US-ACAN for Donald A. Bierle, USARP biologist at McMurdo Station, 1966-67 and 1967-68.

Mount Pittard
-71.51667°N, 166.9°W. Pointed mountain 2,410 m high standing 12 nmi east of the north part of Homerun Range. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy aerial photography, 1960-63. Named by US-ACAN for Donald A. Pittard, USARP biologist at McMurdo Station, 1966-67 and 1967-68.

Mount Granholm
-71.56667°N, 167.3°W. A mountain 2,440 m high 9 nmi southeast of Mount Pittard. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy aerial photographs, 1960-63. Named by US-ACAN for Nels H. Granholm, USARP biologist at Hallett Station, 1967-68.

Splettstoesser Pass
-71.63333°N, 167.25°W. A snow-covered pass at about 2,200 m high, running east–west through Findlay Range to the northwest of Gadsden Peaks. The name was proposed by R.H. Findlay, leader of a NZARP geological party, 1981-82, which used this pass in travel between Field Névé and Atkinson Glacier, a tributary to Dennistoun Glacier. Named after John F. Splettstoesser, geologist, Minnesota Geological Survey, who was field coordinator for USARP projects during the International Northern Victoria Land Project, 1981-82.

Gadsden Peaks
-71.63333°N, 167.4°W. A line of northeast-trending peaks on a ridge, 5 nmi long. They rise over 2,500 m high and stand 5 nmi west-southwest of Lange Peak of Lyttelton Range. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy aerial photographs, 1960-63. Named by US-ACAN for Michael Gadsden, radioscience researcher at McMurdo Station, 1965-66 and 1967-68.

Sorensen Peak
-71.71667°N, 167.8°W. A peak 2,640 m high which rises between the base of Lyttelton Range and Church Ridge. It surmounts the divide between the Dennistoun and Leander Glaciers. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by US-ACAN for Douglas J. Sorensen, field assistant at McMurdo Station, 1965-66.