Humphries Heights
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| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
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| Coordinates | 65 ° 3 ′ S , 63 ° 52 ′ W | |
The Humphries Heights are a mountain range on the Graham Coast of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . They extend from False Cape Renard in a south-westerly direction to Deloncle Bay .
Participants in the Belgica expedition (1897-1899) of the Belgian polar explorer Adrien de Gerlache de Gomery mapped them. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named them in 1959 after George James Humphries (1900-1981), deputy head of the Directorate of Overseas Surveys from 1949 to 1963 and later head of this institution.
Web links
- Humphries Heights in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Humphries Heights on geographic.org (English)