Caloplaca Hills
| Caloplaca Hills | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 86 ° 7 ′ S , 131 ° 0 ′ W | |
 1966 map showing Caloplaca Hills in the northwest neighborhood |
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The Caloplaca Hills are a group of rocky hills in Marie Byrd Land, West Antarctica . They tower east of the Watson Escarpment on the west flank of the Reedy Glacier . These include Mount Carmer and Heathcock Peak .
The United States Geological Survey mapped them based on their own measurements and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1960 to 1964. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in 1967 after the lichen of the genus Caloplaca that overgrown the rock of the hills. The naming came on the suggestion of the glaciologist John H. Mercer (1922-1987) of the Ohio State University .
Web links
- Caloplaca Hills in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Caloplaca Hills on geographic.org (English)