Cumulus Hills
| Cumulus Hills | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| part of | Queen Maud Mountains in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 85 ° 20 ′ S , 175 ° 0 ′ W | |
 1965 map showing Cumulus Hills in the Northwest Quarter |
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The Cumulus Hills comprise several groups of ice-free hills in Antarctica's Ross Dependency . In the Queen Maud Mountains they are traversed by the Logie Glacier and bordered by other glaciers. These are the Shackleton Glacier in the west, the McGregor Glacier in the north and the Zaneveld Glacier in the south.
The naming was made by participants in a campaign of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition that lasted from 1961 to 1962 . It is named after the formation of cumulus clouds on the peaks of the hills, which is considered to be exceptional given their low height.
Web links
- Cumulus Hills in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cumulus Hills on geographic.org (English)