Evans Heights
| Evans Heights | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Prince Albert Mountains in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 75 ° 6 ′ S , 161 ° 33 ′ E | |
The Evans Heights are a small and rocky mountain range in East Antarctic Victoria Land . They are located in the Prince Albert Mountains on the west side of the mouth of the Woodberry Glacier and the David Glacier .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own surveys and using aerial photographs of the United States Navy between 1956 and 1962. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1968 after John P. Evans, area assistant at McMurdo Station between 1964 and 1965.
Web links
- Evans Heights in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Evans Heights on geographic.org (English)