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Colbert Hills (Antarctica)

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52: 45: 251: 825: 790: 624:. An irregular cliff, about 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) long, extending south from Mount Achernar along the west side of Walcott Névé. Named by US-ACAN for Richard E. Lewis, Aviation Electronics Technician, United States Navy, who was injured during United States Navy 496:. Isolated rock nunataks standing 4.5 nautical miles (8.3 km; 5.2 mi) south of Mount Achernar, between Lewis Cliff and MacAlpine Hills. Named by US-ACAN for Oliver C. Morse III, USARP ionospheric scientist at South Pole Station, 1960. 188:
The Colbert Hills are named for Edwin H. Colbert, curator of vertebrate paleontology at the American Museum of Natural History, leader of the paleontology team with the Ohio State University Geological Expedition, 1969–70, which discovered
369:. A prominent nunatak, 2,225 metres (7,300 ft) high, at the north side of Walcott Névé, about 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km; 4.0 mi) south-southeast of Mount Sirius. Named by the United States 538:. Named by US-ACAN for Ens. Kenneth D. MacAlpine, United States Navy Reserve. A member of United States Navy Squadron VX-6, MacAlpine was injured in an airplane crash at McMurdo Sound, October 1956. 458:. A nunatak on the west side of Mac Alpine Hills, just west of the head of Sylwester Glacier. Named by US-ACAN for Willis S. Jacobs, USARP geomagnetist and seismologist at South Pole Station, 1959. 829: 794: 278:
to the east. Features include Coalsack Bluff, Bauhs Nunatak and Mount Sirius. Nearby features to the west include Jacobs Nunatak, Morse Nunataks, MacAlpine Hills and Mount Achernar.
415:, 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km; 4.0 mi) north of Bauhs Nunatak. Named by the NZGSAE (1961–62) for the star Sirius which was used in fixing the baseline in the area. 327:. A small rock bluff standing at the northern limits of Walcott Neve, 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) west-southwest of Bauhs Nunatak. So named by the 86: 328: 135: 44: 582:. A peak forming the northeast end of Mac Alpine Hills, on the south side of Law Glacier. Named by the NZGSAE (1961–62) after the star 195:
fossils in these hills. The discovery is one of the truly significant fossil finds, with great implications on calculations concerning
583: 798: 534:. A chain of mainly ice-free, bluff-type hills extending from Mount Achernar southwest along the south side of Law Glacier, to 212: 596: 554: 506: 468: 430: 383: 341: 299: 370: 411:. A peak, 2,300 metres (7,500 ft) high, surmounting a prominent, wedge-shaped, ice-free spur between Walcott Névé and 267: 833: 239: 234: 17: 849: 229: 180:
in Antarctica. The hills trend southwest for 16 nautical miles (30 km; 18 mi) from Mount Sirius.
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Bauhs, United States ArmyRP ionospheric scientist at South Pole Station, 1959. 172:) are a line of hills and bluffs, including Coalsack Bluff, lying east of Lewis Cliffs, between 625: 275: 805: 224: 8: 535: 271: 259: 177: 772: 412: 250: 547: 292: 331:(NZGSAE) (1961–62) because of the coal seams found running through the bluff. 843: 611: 598: 569: 556: 521: 508: 483: 470: 445: 432: 398: 385: 356: 343: 314: 301: 151: 137: 102: 88: 196: 191: 263: 173: 215: 652: 642: 640: 748: 780:(2 ed.), United States Board on Geographic Names 724: 712: 700: 664: 637: 676: 736: 688: 329:New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition 51: 841: 804: 658: 258:The Colbert Hills are to the east of the 249: 810:, USGS: United States Geological Survey 799:United States Board on Geographic Names 770: 754: 742: 730: 718: 706: 694: 682: 670: 646: 183: 14: 842: 371:Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names 586:used in fixing the survey baseline. 24: 832:from websites or documents of the 797:from websites or documents of the 499: 418: 25: 861: 774:Geographic Names of the Antarctic 541: 461: 423: 286: 254:Colbert Hills in northwest of map 828: This article incorporates 823: 793: This article incorporates 788: 334: 266:, which separates them from the 50: 43: 834:United States Geological Survey 376: 771:Alberts, Fred G., ed. (1995), 589: 27:Hills and bluffs in Antarctica 13: 1: 631: 7: 281: 240:GPX (secondary coordinates) 202: 10: 866: 763: 545: 290: 274:is to the south, and the 235:GPX (primary coordinates) 210:Map all coordinates using 78: 70: 65: 37: 32: 218:Download coordinates as: 830:public domain material 795:public domain material 255: 626:Operation Deep Freeze 276:Queen Alexandra Range 268:Queen Elizabeth Range 253: 230:GPX (all coordinates) 184:Exploration and name 850:Hills of Oates Land 659:Buckley Island USGS 608: /  566: /  518: /  480: /  442: /  395: /  353: /  311: /  147: /  98: /  612:84.283°S 161.083°E 570:84.200°S 160.933°E 522:84.217°S 160.500°E 484:84.267°S 160.833°E 446:84.283°S 159.633°E 399:84.133°S 163.250°E 357:84.200°S 163.400°E 315:84.233°S 162.417°E 256: 152:84.200°S 162.583°E 103:84.200°S 162.583°E 536:Sylwester Glacier 260:Antarctic Plateau 126: 125: 80:Range coordinates 16:(Redirected from 857: 827: 826: 817: 816: 815: 792: 791: 787: 786: 785: 779: 758: 752: 746: 740: 734: 728: 722: 716: 710: 704: 698: 692: 686: 680: 674: 668: 662: 656: 650: 644: 623: 622: 620: 619: 618: 617:-84.283; 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Jacobs Nunatak
Colbert Hills (Antarctica) is located in Antarctica
Range coordinates
84°12′S 162°35′E / 84.200°S 162.583°E / -84.200; 162.583 (Colbert Hills)
84°12′S 162°35′E / 84.200°S 162.583°E / -84.200; 162.583 (Colbert Hills)
Law Glacier
Walcott Névé
Lystrosaurus
Gondwanaland
OpenStreetMap
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GPX (all coordinates)
GPX (primary coordinates)
GPX (secondary coordinates)

Antarctic Plateau
Law Glacier
Queen Elizabeth Range
Walcott Névé
Queen Alexandra Range
Coalsack Bluff
84°14′S 162°25′E / 84.233°S 162.417°E / -84.233; 162.417
New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
84°12′S 163°24′E / 84.200°S 163.400°E / -84.200; 163.400
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
84°08′S 163°15′E / 84.133°S 163.250°E / -84.133; 163.250
Bowden Névé
84°17′S 159°38′E / 84.283°S 159.633°E / -84.283; 159.633
84°16′S 160°50′E / 84.267°S 160.833°E / -84.267; 160.833
84°13′S 160°30′E / 84.217°S 160.500°E / -84.217; 160.500

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