Wilkins Mountains
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| location | Ellsworthland , West Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 75 ° 32 ′ S , 66 ° 30 ′ W | |
The Wilkins Mountains are a group of mountains stretching 30 km in the east of West Antarctic Ellsworthland . They rise west of Matthews Glacier and 40 km southeast of the Sweeney Mountains .
They were discovered during the US Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947–1948). Expedition leader Finn Ronne named it after the Australian polar explorer Hubert Wilkins (1888-1958).
Web links
- Wilkins Mountains in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Wilkins Mountains on geographic.org (English)