Edson Hills
The Edson Hills (79°50′S 83°39′W / 79.833°S 83.650°W / -79.833; -83.650Coordinates: 79°50′S 83°39′W / 79.833°S 83.650°W / -79.833; -83.650) are a group of mainly ice-free hills lying south of Drake Icefall and west of Union Glacier in the Heritage Range of the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. They were named by the University of Minnesota Ellsworth Mountains Party, 1962–63, for Dean T. Edson, a United States Geological Survey topographic engineer with the party.[1]
Features
Geographical features include:
- Buggisch Peak
- Drake Icefall
- Elvers Peak
- Hyde Glacier
- Kosco Peak
- Lester Peak
- Union Glacier
References
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This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Edson Hills" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).
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