"Quartermain Mountains" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈkoɹ.təɹ.meɪn ˈmaʊn.tənz/ [Southern-US] Forms: the Quartermain Mountains [canonical, plural]
Etymology: From Quartermain (surname) + mountains, named after one Lester Bowden Quartermain, an Antarctic historian from New Zealand. Coined by New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1977. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|Quartermain|mountains|pos1=surname}} Quartermain (surname) + mountains, {{coinage|en|Q12717190|in=1977|nobycat=1}} Coined by New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1977 Head templates: {{en-proper noun|p|def=1|head=Quartermain Mountains}} the Quartermain Mountains pl (plural only)
  1. A mountain range in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Victoria Land, Antarctica. Tags: plural, plural-only Translations (Antarctic mountain range): 夸特梅因山脈 (Chinese Mandarin)
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