Name details

Wilson Mountains

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 133758

Feature type: Mountain (2a)

Origin

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

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Narrative

A group of mountains including Hjort Massif, rising to c. 1,600 m to the W of Merz Peninsula, Black Coast, Palmer Land. The feature is bounded to the W by Du Toit Mountains, to N by Beaumont Glacier and Hilton Inlet, and to S by Defant Glacier. First photographed from the air by USAS, 1940. Mapped by USGS from U.S. Navy aerial photographs taken 1966-69. In association with the names of continental drift scientists grouped in this area, named by US-ACAN after John Tuzo Wilson (1908-93), Canadian geophysicist who visited Antarctica on USN Operation Deep Freeze, 1958; Professor of Geophysics, University of Toronto, 1946-74; Director-General, Ontario Science Centre, 1974-85.

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Location

Latitude:
72° 15' 00.0" S
-72.25000°
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Longitude:
61° 50' 00.0" W
-61.83333°
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Altitude:
1600 m
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Map

Source

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Remote sensing:
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