Brown Hills
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 Topographic map sheet with the Brown Hills (center below) |
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| part of | Cook Mountains in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 79 ° 46 ′ S , 158 ° 33 ′ E | |
The Brown Hills (English for brown hills ) are a group of snow-free hills in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Cook Mountains , they are north of the lower section of the Darwin Glacier .
Participants of a team to explore the Darwin Glacier in the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) named them after their color.
Web links
- Brownhills in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Brown Hills on geographic.org (English)