Wyatt Hill
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 Topographic map with Wyatt Hill (center) |
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| height | 500 m | |
| location | Marie Byrd Land , West Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 74 ° 49 ′ 0 ″ S , 110 ° 33 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Wyatt Hill is a small, icy and approximately 500 m high hill on the Walgreen Coast of the West Antarctic Marie Byrd lands . On the Bear Peninsula, it rises on the western flank of the Hamilton Piedmont Glacier .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it using aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1966. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named it after the electrical engineer Joseph T. Wyatt of the Lockheed Corporation , who was involved in two campaigns between 1975 and 1977 at the salvage and repair of three LC 130 Hercules aircraft that had crashed at Dome Charlie in January and November 1975 while attempting to take off.
Web links
- Wyatt Hill in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Wyatt Hill on geographic.org (English)