Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
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| Name | Latitude | Longitude | Feature Type |
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| Hodges Knoll (BGR) | 78° 35' 41.0" S | 85° 57' 15.0" W | Hill |
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Name ID: 137790
Place ID: 19439
The mostly ice-covered hill extending 2.2 km in NE-SW direction, 1 km wide and rising to 2250 m on the SW side of Vinson Massif in Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains. Situated 3.12 km SE of Klenova Peak, 2.92 km SSW of Brichebor Peak, 8.54 km SW of Silverstein Peak, 7.45 km W of Mount Slaughter, and 10.32 km NE of Mount Klayn in Bastien Range. Surmounting upper Nimitz Glacier to the SW and its tributaries Tulaczyk Glacier to the N and Zapol Glacier to the E. US mapping in 1961 and 1988. Named after the British artist William Hodges (1744-1797), a member of James Cook’s 1772-75 exploration voyage who, along with Joseph Gilbert, produced the first paintings from the Antarctic region. |
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