Ricker Hills
| Ricker Hills | ||
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 Map with the Ricker Hills (below center) |
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Prince Albert Mountains in the Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 75 ° 41 ′ S , 159 ° 10 ′ E | |
The Ricker Hills are a largely ice-free group of hills in East Antarctica Victoria Land . They extend for nine miles west of Hollingsworth Glacier in the Prince Albert Mountains .
The southern group of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1962–1963) named him after the geologist John F. Ricker, participant of this and the Ohio State University expedition to the Horlick Mountains (1961–1962).
Web links
- Ricker Hills in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Ricker Hills on geographic.org (English)