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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Australian Antarctic Gazetteer Id 657

Feature type: Hill

Origin

This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A group of hills on the coast of Oates Land. Discovered by Lieut. H.L.L. Pennell, RN, on the Terra Nova in February, 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 Pole.

Named For

Dr. Edward A. Wilson, zoologist

Location

Latitude:
69° 40' 00.1" S
-69.66669°
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:
22-Jul-1959

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