Coombs Hills

The Coombs Hills (

76°47′S 160°0′E / 76.783°S 160.000°ECoordinates:

76°47′S 160°0′E / 76.783°S 160.000°E) are an area of broken and largely snow-free hills and valleys between Odell Glacier and Cambridge Glacier in Victoria Land. They were discovered in 1957 by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1956–58) and named by them for , professor of geology at the University of Otago, New Zealand, who assisted the expedition in obtaining essential petrological equipment.

Geology[]

Mount Brooke and the Jurassic Mawson Formation dominate the southwest end of Coombs Hills. The Jurassic Ferrar Dolerite outcrops to the east, encompassing pockets of the Triassic Lashly Formation.^[1]

External links[]

USGS topographic map of Coombs Hills

References[]

^ Elliott, David; Grimes, Craig (2011). "Triassic and Jurassic strata at Coombs Hills, south Victoria Land: stratigraphy, petrology and cross-cutting breccia pipes". Antarctic Science. 23 (3): 268–280. doi:10.1017/S0954102010000994. Retrieved 7 January 2020.

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[1] Elliott, David; Grimes, Craig (2011). "Triassic and Jurassic strata at Coombs Hills, south Victoria Land: stratigraphy, petrology and cross-cutting breccia pipes". Antarctic Science. 23 (3): 268–280. doi:10.1017/S0954102010000994. Retrieved 7 January 2020.

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