Hothem cliffs
| Hothem cliffs | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Asgard Range in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 77 ° 35 ' S , 162 ° 43' E | |
The Hothem Cliffs are a series of steep rock cliffs in East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Asgard Range, they tower on the north flank of the head end of the Canada Glacier .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it in 1997 after the American geodesist Larry D. Hothem, who had spent the winter at Mawson Station in 1969 as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions and worked for the United States Geological Survey from 1991 .
Web links
- Hothem Cliffs in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hothem Cliffs on geographic.org (English)