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Shackleton Range
The Shackleton Range, just out of the ice sheet between Slessor and Recovery glaciers.
Highest point
PeakHolmes Summit
Elevation1,875 m (6,152 ft)
Geography
Shackleton Range is located in Antarctica
Shackleton Range
Shackleton Range
Location in NW Antarctica
ContinentAntarctica
RegionCoats Land
Range coordinates80°30′S 25°00′W / 80.500°S 25.000°W / -80.500; -25.000[1]

The Shackleton Range (80°30′S 25°00′W / 80.500°S 25.000°W / -80.500; -25.000) is a mountain range in Antarctica that rises to 1,875 metres (6,152 ft) and extends in an east–west direction for about 100 miles (160 km) between the Slessor and Recovery Glaciers.

  1. ^ Alberts 1995, p. 607.

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