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Quartermain Mountains

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Southern US/ˈkoɹ.təɹ.meɪn ˈmaʊn.tənz/

Quartermain Mountains proper noun: a mountain range in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Victoria Land, Antarctica.

Proper noun

the Quartermain Mountains pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A mountain range in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Victoria Land, Antarctica.

Origin of Quartermain Mountains

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.

Questions about Quartermain Mountains

What does Quartermain Mountains mean?
Quartermain Mountains means a mountain range in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Victoria Land, Antarctica.
What part of speech is Quartermain Mountains?
Quartermain Mountains is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Quartermain Mountains?
Quartermain Mountains is pronounced /ˈkoɹ.təɹ.meɪn ˈmaʊn.tənz/ (Southern US).

Words near Quartermain Mountains in the dictionary

  1. quarterly
  2. quarterly court
  3. quarterly courts
  4. quarterly quartered
  5. Quartermain
  6. Quartermain Mountains
  7. Quartermaine
  8. quarterman
  9. Quartermans
  10. quartermaster
  11. quartermaster general

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