Morrison Hills
Morrison Hills | ||
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location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
part of | Queen Alexandra necklace | |
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Coordinates | 84 ° 12 ′ S , 168 ° 40 ′ E |
The Morrison Hills are a series of rugged and east-west facing hills in the Ross Dependency of Antarctica . In the Queen Alexandra chain they loom between the Garrard and Hewson glaciers .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names renamed it in 1966 by Lieutenant I. James Morrison from the United States Navy , who in February 1960 to preparations for the first-time use of aircraft of type LC-130 in Antarctica had worked on several campaigns and the Deep Freeze operation involved was.
Web links
- Morrison Hills in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Morrison Hills on geographic.org (English)