Name details

Darley Hills

Darley Hills (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Darley Hills  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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United States Gazetteer Id 124100

Feature type: Hill (2b)

Origin

This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A range of high, ice-covered coastal hills overlooking Ross Ice Shelf, trending N-S for about 20 mi between Capes Douglas and Parr. Named by US-ACAN for James M. Darley, chief cartographer of the National Geographic Society, 1940-63, under whose direction many important maps of Antarctica were published.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
81° 06' 00.0" S
-81.10000°
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Longitude:
160° 10' 00.0" E
160.16667°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1965

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