Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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MacDonald Hills (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
MacDonald Hills (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Hill
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 compact group of exposed rock hills including Mount Coleman (1,110 m) rising east of Commonwealth Glacier on the north side of lower Taylor Valley, Victoria Land. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) (1997) after William R. MacDonald (1925-77), Chief of the Branch of International Activities, U.S. Geological Survey, and a member of the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names, of the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, 1976-77 (MacDonald Peak, q.v.).
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