Howard Heights (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Howard Heights (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Heights
This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
A snow covered coastal promontory rising to 513m in the centre, between Stewart Glacier and Gerry Glacier, on the north side of King Edward VII Land.
Features in this area were explored by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (ByrdAE), 1928-30 and 1933-35. These heights were mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959-65. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (at the suggestion of Admiral R.E. Byrd) for Roy W. Howard of the Scripps-Howard newspapers, who made financial contributions to the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (ByrdAE), 1933-35.
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