Liberty Hills (Antarctica)
| Liberty Hills | ||
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| Highest peak | Mount Rosenthal ( 1840 m ) | |
| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Heritage Range , Ellsworth Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 80 ° 6 ′ S , 82 ° 58 ′ W | |
 Map of the region |
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The Liberty Hills ( English freedom mountains ) are a 16 km long, rutted hills in the West Antarctic Ellsworth Land . The ridge is in the Heritage Range in the southernmost foothills of the Ellsworth Mountains .
The Liberty Hills form part of the western wall of the Horseshoe Valley , the east side facing the valley is mostly in the slipstream and is largely free of snow and ice. The Marble Hills lie about eleven kilometers to the southeast, and the region between the two mountain ranges is criss-crossed by crevasses. To the north are the foothills of the Enterprise Hills . The highest peaks of the chain are Mount Rosenthal (1840 m) in the north-west, Sponholz Peak (1730 m) and Kelley Peak (1710 m) in the south-eastern part.
The United States Geological Survey mapped the range of hills based on their own surveys and using aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1961 to 1966. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in 1964, as well as other geographic objects in the Heritage Range, in relation to United States Heritage .