MacDonald Hills
| MacDonald Hills | ||
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| Highest peak | Mount Coleman ( 1110 m ) | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Asgard Range in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 77 ° 33 ′ S , 163 ° 21 ′ E | |
The MacDonald Hills are a compact group of rocky hills in East Antarctica Victoria Land . They tower east of the Commonwealth Glacier on the north side of the lower Taylor Valley . The highest point is Mount Coleman with 1110 m .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the mountains in 1997 after William R. MacDonald (1925-1977), head of the department for international activities of the United States Geological Survey , member of the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names and from 1976 to 1977 the United States Board on Geographic Names .
Web links
- MacDonald Hills in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- MacDonald Hills on geographic.org (English)