Geoffrey Hills
| Geoffrey Hills | ||
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| location | Enderbyland , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Raggatt Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 67 ° 37 ′ S , 48 ° 36 ′ E | |
The Geoffrey Hills are a group of hills at the western end of the Raggatt Mountains in the East Antarctic Enderbyland .
They were mapped using aerial photographs taken in 1956 as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions . The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) named it after Geoffrey Denys Probyn Smith (1920–1991), a carpenter at Mawson Station in 1961.
Web links
- Geoffrey Hills in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Geoffrey Hills on geographic.org (English)