True Hills
| True Hills | ||
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| location | Coatsland , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Shackleton Range | |
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| Coordinates | 80 ° 12 ′ S , 26 ° 50 ′ W | |
The True Hills are up to 850 m high and rocky hills in the East Antarctic Coatsland . In the Shackleton Range they rise 1.5 km southeast of the Wiggans Hills and mark the northeastern end of the La Grange Nunatakker .
Aerial photographs were taken in 1967 by the United States Navy . The British Antarctic Survey conducted surveys between 1968 and 1971. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1972 after the British geodesist Anthony True (* 1945), who worked from 1968 to 1970 at Halley Station and in the meantime in the Shackleton Range.
Web links
- True Hills in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- True Hills on geographic.org (English)