Waller Hills
| Waller Hills | ||
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| location | Mac Robertson Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Mawson Escarpment | |
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| Coordinates | 72 ° 46 ′ S , 68 ° 18 ′ E | |
The Waller Hills are a group of rocky outcrops in Mac Robertson Land, East Antarctica . They rise north of the Rofe Glacier in the northern part of the Mawson Escarpment .
Australian cartographers mapped it using aerial photographs taken in 1956, 1958, 1960 and 1973 during the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions . The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia named them after the Australian diplomat John Keith Waller (1914-1992), Deputy Secretary of the Department of External Affairs from 1953 to 1957.
Web links
- Waller Hills in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)