Conway Hill

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Conway Hill
height 1470  m
location Victoria Land , East Antarctica
Mountains Usarp Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains
Coordinates 71 ° 37 ′ 0 ″  S , 160 ° 34 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 71 ° 37 ′ 0 ″  S , 160 ° 34 ′ 0 ″  E
Conway Hills (Antarctica)
Conway Hill

The Conway Hill is a 1470  m high mountain in East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Usarp Mountains it rises south of the Edwards Glacier in the eastern section of the Schroeder Spur .

Scientists of the German expedition GANOVEX I (1979–1980) made his name. It is named after the New Zealander Maurice Conway, who worked as a field guide for German expeditions between 1979 and 2000 to Victoria Land , Queen Maud Land and Marie Byrd Land .

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  1. ^ John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 1, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 350 (English).