Name details

Meteorite Hills

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

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

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 139606

Feature type: Hill

Origin

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:

Narrative

A group of hills scattered across 18km east to west, forming the west portion of the Darwin Mountains. The hills are located between the heads of Darwin Glacier and Hatherton Glacier, and defined by Lindstrom Ridge in the east and Mason Nunatak to the west. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MM03

Named For

The name was proposed by John O. Annexstad of the Meteorite Working Group, Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, in association with field work carried out in this vicinity by Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET), led by William A. Cassidy, University of Pittsburgh, PA, during the 1978-79 season.

Location

Latitude:
79° 40' 10.6" S
-79.66962°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
155° 34' 04.8" E
155.56801°
Unknown precision
Altitude:
1517 m
Unknown precision

Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
0.5m Antarctic Imagery Mosaic, DigitalGlobe Inc 2018
Source Identifier:
415737
Source Scale:
Unknown
Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Polar Geospatial Center
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

Height at reference point

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
20-Nov-1980

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