Wilson Mountains
| Wilson Mountains | ||
|---|---|---|
| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
|
||
| Coordinates | 72 ° 15 ′ S , 61 ° 40 ′ W | |
The Wilson Mountains up to 1,600 m high mountain on the Black Coast of Palmer Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . They tower west of the Merz Peninsula . The Hjort massif is one of them . In the west they border on the Du Toit Mountains , in the north on the Beaumont Glacier and the Hilton Inlet and in the south on the Defant Glacier .
The first aerial photographs were taken in 1940 during the United States Antarctic Service Expedition (1939–1941). United States Navy aerial photographs from 1966 to 1969 were used for mapping purposes by the United States Geological Survey . The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named the mountain range after the Canadian geophysicist John Tuzo Wilson (1908-1993), who participated in the US Operation Deep Freeze in 1958.
Web links
- Wilson Mountains in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Wilson Mountains on geographic.org (English)