Higgins Canyon
| Higgins Canyon | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Horlick Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Geographical location | 84 ° 47 ′ 0 ″ S , 114 ° 41 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Type | Canyon | |
The Higgins Canyon is a steep-walled and icy gorge in Marie-Byrd Land in West Antarctica . In the Ohio Range of the Horlick Mountains it is located immediately east of the Schulthess Buttress on the north side of the Buckeye Table .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the canyon in 1962 after Merwyn D. Higgins, a geologist on a team from Ohio State University who explored the Horlick Mountains between 1961 and 1962.
Web links
- Higgins Canyon in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Higgins Canyon on geographic.org (English)