Meanings
proper nounthe Quartermain Mountains pl (plural only)
- pluralplural onlyA mountain range in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Victoria Land, Antarctica.
Origin
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.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 夸特梅因山脈
- 夸特梅因山脈Antarctic mountain range
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