Schmidt Hills
| Schmidt Hills | ||
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| location | Queen Elizabeth Land , West Antarctica | |
| part of | Neptune Range , Pensacola Mountains , Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 83 ° 15 ′ S , 57 ° 47 ′ W | |
The Schmidt Hills are a group of rocky hills in Queen Elizabeth Land, West Antarctica . They extend in the Neptune Range of the Pensacola Mountains for a length of 15 miles north of Childs Glacier and west of Roderick Valley .
The United States Geological Survey mapped the hills based on their own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1956 to 1966. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named them in 1965 after the American geologist Dwight L. Schmidt, who was responsible for the United States Geological Survey was active in the Pensacola Mountains in three summer campaigns between 1962 and 1966.
Web links
- Schmidt Hills in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Schmidt Hills on geographic.org (English)
