Retreat Hills
| Retreat Hills | ||
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| Highest peak | Mount Gobey ( 3125 m ) | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 72 ° 59 ′ S , 165 ° 12 ′ E | |
The Retreat Hills (literally from the English translated retreat hills ) are a group of hills in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . They are located on the south side of the head end of the Astronaut Glacier along the southern edge of the Evans Firnfield .
The northern group of a New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition campaign carried out from 1962 to 1963 named them in the wake of a blizzard that thwarted their intention to visit the hills and forced them to retreat quickly.
Web links
- Retreat Hills in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Retreat Hills on geographic.org (English)