Name details

Wilson Hills

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 133756

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 group of scattered hills, nunataks and ridges that extend NW-SE for about 70 mi between Matusevich Glacier and Pryor Glacier. Discovered by Lt. H.L.L. Pennell, RN, on the Terra Nova in Feb. 1911 during Scott's last expedition. Named after Dr. Edward A. Wilson, zoologist with the expedition, who perished with Scott on the return journey from the South Pole.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
69° 40' 00.0" S
-69.66667°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
158° 30' 00.0" E
158.50000°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
Not recorded
Unknown precision

Images


©AAD, Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 1961
Catalogue id
3929A3
Caption
looking south to Wilson Hills. Peak 2 on extreme left
Photographer
McLeod, Ian (Neddie)

Map

Source

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

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1947

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