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41: 34: 253: 744: 709: 323:. A mountain, 1,110 metres (3,640 ft) high, at the southeast extremity of Schmidt Hills. It was discovered and photographed on January 13, 1956 on a United States Navy transcontinental non-stop plane flight from McMurdo sound to Weddell Sea and return. It was named by US-ACAN for aviation electronics technician Francis Gorecki, radioman of the P2V-2N aircraft making the flight. 559:. A large ice-filled valley trending in a north-south direction and separating Schmidt Hills and Williams Hills from the main mass of the Neptune Range. It was named by US-ACAN for Captain David W. Roderick, United States Air Force, pilot and second in command of the Electronic Test Unit in the Pensacola Mountains, 1957–58. 441:. A sharp peak,940 metres (3,080 ft) high, standing 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) north of Mount Nervo. It was named by US-ACAN for Clifford G. Pepper, hospital corpsman at Ellsworth Station, winter 1958. 403:. A mountain, 1,070 metres (3,510 ft) high, standing 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) north of Mount Coulter. The mountain was named by US-ACAN for George W. Nervo, radioman at Ellsworth Station, winter 1958. 521:. A rock 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) north of Robbins Nunatak. The rock was named by US-ACAN for John Wall, a member of the Electronic Test Unit in the Pensacola Mountains, 1957–58. 748: 713: 483:
8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) northeast of Mount Gorecki. It was named by US-ACAN for Edward J. Robbins, aerographer at Ellsworth Station, winter 1958.
70: 361:. A mountain 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) northwest of Mount Gorecki. It was named by US-ACAN for LeRoy G. Coulter, cook at 132: 717: 280:. Features include, from south to north, Mount Gorecki, Mount Coulter, Mount Nervo, Pepper Peak, Robbins Nunatak and Wall Rock. 33: 768: 198: 752: 190: 531: 493: 451: 413: 375: 333: 295: 214: 201:(US-ACAN) for Dwight L. Schmidt, USGS geologist to the Pensacola Mountains in 1962–63, 1963–64 and 1965–66. 773: 63: 241: 236: 231: 273: 261: 169:) is a group of rock hills, 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) long, lying north of 8: 178: 194: 362: 260:
The Schmidt Hills are in the northwest of the Neptune Range on the east side of the
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air photos and 1956–1966. They were named by the United States
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(1995), 406: 368: 256:Schmidt Hills in the northwest 1: 769:Hills of Queen Elizabeth Land 562: 486: 7: 283: 242:GPX (secondary coordinates) 204: 10: 790: 682: 268:. They are north of the 237:GPX (primary coordinates) 212:Map all coordinates using 110: 62: 57: 26: 21: 220:Download coordinates as: 193:(USGS) from surveys and 749:public domain material 714:public domain material 257: 48:Location in Antarctica 274:Washington Escarpment 262:Foundation Ice Stream 255: 232:GPX (all coordinates) 774:Pensacola Mountains 676:, pp. 625–626. 543: /  505: /  463: /  425: /  387: /  345: /  307: /  179:Pensacola Mountains 144: /  82: /  16:Hills in Antarctica 590:Schmidt Hills USGS 258: 195:United States Navy 547:83.500°S 57.500°W 509:83.133°S 56.950°W 479:. A conspicuous 467:83.200°S 57.083°W 429:83.200°S 57.917°W 391:83.233°S 58.000°W 363:Ellsworth Station 349:83.283°S 58.033°W 311:83.333°S 57.583°W 149:83.233°S 57.800°W 124: 123: 87:83.233°S 57.800°W 64:Range coordinates 781: 746: 745: 736: 735: 734: 711: 710: 706: 705: 704: 698: 677: 671: 665: 659: 653: 647: 641: 635: 629: 623: 617: 611: 605: 599: 593: 587: 581: 575: 558: 557: 555: 554: 553: 552:-83.500; -57.500 548: 544: 541: 540: 539: 536: 520: 519: 517: 516: 515: 514:-83.133; -56.950 510: 506: 503: 502: 501: 498: 478: 477: 475: 474: 473: 472:-83.200; -57.083 468: 464: 461: 460: 459: 456: 440: 439: 437: 436: 435: 434:-83.200; -57.917 430: 426: 423: 422: 421: 418: 402: 401: 399: 398: 397: 396:-83.233; -58.000 392: 388: 385: 384: 383: 380: 360: 359: 357: 356: 355: 354:-83.283; -58.033 350: 346: 343: 342: 341: 338: 322: 321: 319: 318: 317: 316:-83.333; -57.583 312: 308: 305: 304: 303: 300: 185:Mapping and name 168: 167: 165: 164: 163: 161: 156: 155: 154:-83.233; -57.800 150: 145: 142: 141: 140: 137: 114: 106: 105: 103: 102: 101: 99: 94: 93: 92:-83.233; -57.800 88: 83: 80: 79: 78: 75: 43: 42: 36: 19: 18: 789: 788: 784: 783: 782: 780: 779: 778: 759: 758: 743: 739: 732: 730: 708: 702: 700: 696: 685: 680: 672: 668: 660: 656: 648: 644: 636: 632: 624: 620: 612: 608: 600: 596: 588: 584: 576: 569: 565: 551: 549: 545: 542: 537: 534: 532: 530: 529: 527: 525:Roderick Valley 513: 511: 507: 504: 499: 496: 494: 492: 491: 489: 471: 469: 465: 462: 457: 454: 452: 450: 449: 447: 445:Robbins Nunatak 433: 431: 427: 424: 419: 416: 414: 412: 411: 409: 395: 393: 389: 386: 381: 378: 376: 374: 373: 371: 365:, winter 1958. 353: 351: 347: 344: 339: 336: 334: 332: 331: 329: 315: 313: 309: 306: 301: 298: 296: 294: 293: 291: 286: 278:Roderick Valley 266:Ronne Ice Shelf 250: 249: 248: 247: 246: 207: 187: 159: 157: 153: 151: 147: 146: 143: 138: 135: 133: 131: 130: 112: 97: 95: 91: 89: 85: 84: 81: 76: 73: 71: 69: 68: 53: 52: 51: 50: 49: 46: 45: 44: 17: 12: 11: 5: 787: 777: 776: 771: 757: 756: 738: 737: 721: 686: 684: 681: 679: 678: 666: 664:, p. 794. 654: 652:, p. 621. 642: 640:, p. 568. 630: 628:, p. 521. 618: 616:, p. 156. 606: 604:, p. 286. 594: 582: 580:, p. 654. 566: 564: 561: 526: 523: 488: 485: 446: 443: 408: 405: 370: 367: 328: 325: 290: 287: 285: 282: 270:Williams Hills 245: 244: 239: 234: 229: 223: 210: 209: 208: 206: 203: 186: 183: 181:, Antarctica. 171:Childs Glacier 122: 121: 116: 108: 107: 66: 60: 59: 55: 54: 47: 38: 37: 31: 30: 29: 28: 27: 24: 23: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 786: 775: 772: 770: 767: 766: 764: 754: 750: 741: 740: 728: 727: 726:Schmidt Hills 722: 719: 715: 695: 694: 688: 687: 675: 670: 663: 658: 651: 646: 639: 634: 627: 622: 615: 610: 603: 598: 591: 586: 579: 574: 572: 567: 560: 556: 522: 518: 484: 482: 476: 442: 438: 404: 400: 366: 364: 358: 327:Mount Coulter 324: 320: 289:Mount Gorecki 281: 279: 275: 271: 267: 263: 254: 243: 240: 238: 235: 233: 230: 228: 225: 224: 222: 221: 216: 215:OpenStreetMap 213: 202: 200: 196: 192: 182: 180: 176: 175:Neptune Range 172: 166: 160:Schmidt Hills 128: 127:Schmidt Hills 120: 119:Neptune Range 117: 115: 109: 104: 98:Schmidt Hills 67: 65: 61: 56: 35: 25: 22:Schmidt Hills 20: 731:, retrieved 725: 701:, retrieved 692: 674:Alberts 1995 669: 662:Alberts 1995 657: 650:Alberts 1995 645: 638:Alberts 1995 633: 626:Alberts 1995 621: 614:Alberts 1995 609: 602:Alberts 1995 597: 585: 578:Alberts 1995 528: 490: 448: 410: 372: 330: 292: 259: 219: 218: 211: 188: 126: 125: 113:Parent range 550: / 512: / 470: / 432: / 407:Pepper Peak 394: / 369:Mount Nervo 352: / 314: / 152: / 90: / 763:Categories 733:2024-03-18 703:2023-12-03 563:References 158: ( 96: ( 487:Wall Rock 58:Geography 284:Features 205:Location 683:Sources 538:57°30′W 535:83°30′S 500:56°57′W 497:83°08′S 481:nunatak 458:57°05′W 455:83°12′S 420:57°55′W 417:83°12′S 382:58°00′W 379:83°14′S 340:58°02′W 337:83°17′S 302:57°35′W 299:83°20′S 177:of the 139:57°48′W 136:83°14′S 77:57°48′W 74:83°14′S 697:(PDF) 227:KML 765:: 570:^ 755:. 720:. 592:. 162:) 129:( 100:)

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Schmidt Hills is located in Antarctica
Range coordinates
83°14′S 57°48′W / 83.233°S 57.800°W / -83.233; -57.800 (Schmidt Hills)
Parent range
Neptune Range
83°14′S 57°48′W / 83.233°S 57.800°W / -83.233; -57.800 (Schmidt Hills)
Childs Glacier
Neptune Range
Pensacola Mountains
United States Geological Survey
United States Navy
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
OpenStreetMap
KML
GPX (all coordinates)
GPX (primary coordinates)
GPX (secondary coordinates)

Foundation Ice Stream
Ronne Ice Shelf
Williams Hills
Washington Escarpment
Roderick Valley
83°20′S 57°35′W / 83.333°S 57.583°W / -83.333; -57.583
83°17′S 58°02′W / 83.283°S 58.033°W / -83.283; -58.033
Ellsworth Station
83°14′S 58°00′W / 83.233°S 58.000°W / -83.233; -58.000
83°12′S 57°55′W / 83.200°S 57.917°W / -83.200; -57.917
83°12′S 57°05′W / 83.200°S 57.083°W / -83.200; -57.083
nunatak

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