Genghis Hills
| Genghis Hills | ||
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| location | Coatsland , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Shackleton Range | |
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| Coordinates | 80 ° 44 ′ S , 28 ° 2 ′ W | |
The Genghis Hills are up to 1305 m high hill in the East Antarctic Coats Land . In the Shackleton Range they tower south of the Fuchs Dome and 6 km west of the Stephenson Bastion .
Aerial photographs were taken in 1967 by the United States Navy . The British Antarctic Survey conducted surveys between 1968 and 1971. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1971 after the British geodesist Graham Keith "Genghis" Wright (* 1944), who was involved in the surveys between 1969 and 1970 and worked from 1968 to 1971 at Halley Station .
Web links
- Genghis Hills in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Genghis Hills on geographic.org (English)