Mount Hicks (Antarctica)
| Mount Hicks | ||
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| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Prince Charles Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 8 ′ 0 ″ S , 64 ° 39 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Hicks is a ridge- like mountain with two peaks in the East Antarctic Mac Robertson Land . It rises 20 km southwest of the Husky Dome in the Prince Charles Mountains .
It was mapped using aerial photographs taken in 1960 as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions . Namesake is Kenneth Edward Hicks (1921–1966), medical officer on Wilkes Ward in 1963 and 1965.
Web links
- Mount Hicks in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Hicks on geographic.org (English)