Powell Hill
| Powell Hill | ||
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| location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Nash Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 81 ° 56 ′ 0 ″ S , 161 ° 11 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Powell Hill is a rounded and icy hills in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . In the Nash Range, it rises 10 km west-southwest of Mount Christmas above the head end of the Algie Glacier .
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1965 after Lieutenant Commander James A. Powell of the United States Navy , communications officer at McMurdo Station during Operation Deep Freeze in 1963 and 1964.
Web links
- Powell Hill in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Powell Hill on geographic.org (English)