Stewart Hills
Stewart Hills (84°12′S 86°0′W / 84.200°S 86.000°WCoordinates: 84°12′S 86°0′W / 84.200°S 86.000°W) is a group of several small nunataks and snow hills rising above an otherwise featureless terrain, 50 nautical miles (90 km) northeast of Ford Massif, Thiel Mountains. Observed by the United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) Horlick Mountains Traverse, 1958–59, and by Edward Thiel and in the course of an airlifted geophysical traverse, December 13, 1959. The name was proposed by Thiel and Craddock for Professor , geologist, Carleton College, Minnesota, whose writing and interpretation of Antarctic rock samples have contributed to knowledge of the continent.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Stewart Hills". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)
- Nunataks of Ellsworth Land
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