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Hinks, Mount (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Mount Hinks (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Mountain
This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
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A peak 593 m above sea level, just south of Mount Marsden in Mac.Robertson Land. Land was seen in this area by BANZARE under Sir Douglas Mawson on 29 December, 1929. The area was visited by BANZARE on 13 February, 1929, when a landing was made at Scullin Monolith. Named after Arthur R. Hinks, Secretary of the Royal Geological Society, 1915-45. The position of this feature was fixed by D.R. Carstens, surveyor at Mawson in 1962.
Arthur R. Hinks, Secretary of the Royal Geological Society, 1915-45
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