Morrison Hills

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

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

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Place ID: 9867
Name ID: 129122

Feature type: Hill (2b)

Origin

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

Narrative

A series of rugged E-W trending hills between Garrard Glacier and Hewson Glacier in Queen Alexandra Range. Named by US-ACAN after Lt. I. James Morrison, USN, who did preliminary work leading to the induction of C-130 aircraft into Antarctica in February 1960, and who also participated in USN OpDFrz for several seasons 1958-59.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
84° 12' 00.0" S
-84.20000°
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Longitude:
168° 40' 00.0" E
168.66667°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
Unknown
Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1966

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