Northern foothills
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 The Northern Foothills (top right) on the western edge of Terra Nova Bay in the Evans Cove area . Left: Inexpressible Island |
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| Highest peak | Mount Abbott ( 1020 m ) | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 74 ° 44 ′ S , 163 ° 55 ′ E | |
The Northern Foothills ( English for Northern Promontory ) are a series of hills on the Scott coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . On the west bank of Terra Nova Bay they form a peninsula-like continuation of the Deep Freeze Range south of the Browning Pass . The highest point is Mount Abbott at 1020 m .
They were named by the northern group of the Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1913) based on the original name "Southern Foothills" for the southern island of Inexpressible Island .
Web links
- Northern Foothills in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Northern Foothills on geographic.org (English)
Map sheet Mount Melbourne from 1968, Northern Foothills in the middle of the southern half of the map