Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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Friis Hills (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Friis Hills (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Hill (2b)
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:
A cluster of ice-free hills, 6 mi in extent and rising to 1,750 m, at the N side of the bend in Taylor Glacier in Victoria Land. Named after geographer and archivist Herman R. Friis (1906-89), Director of the Center for Polar Archives in the National Archives; U.S. exchange scientist at the Japanese station East Ongul Island, 1969-70; member of US-ACAN, 1957-73.
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