Pirrit Hills
| Pirrit Hills | ||
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| Highest peak | Mount Tidd ( 1282 m ) | |
| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 81 ° 17 ′ S , 85 ° 21 ′ W | |
The Pirrit Hills are an isolated group of mountain peaks and nunataks in the west Antarctic Ellsworthland . They extend over a length of 7 miles south of the Ellsworth Mountains between the Heritage Range and the Nash Hills .
The position of the Pirrit Hills was determined in December 1958 by the US Ellsworth-Byrd Traverse Party . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in 1964 after John Pirrit (1924-1962), glaciologist of this team, who had wintered at Ellsworth Station and in 1959 was scientific director of Byrd Station .
Web links
- Pirrit Hills in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Pirrit Hills on geographic.org (English)