Briggs Hill
Hill in Antarctica
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::summary Hill in Antarctica ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Briggs Hill |
| country | Antarctica |
| region_type | Region |
| region | Victoria Land |
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| length_km | |
| width_km | |
| map | Antarctica |
| label | Briggs Hill |
| geology | |
| :: |
| name= Briggs Hill | photo= | photo_caption= | country=Antarctica | country_type=Continent | region_type =Region | region=Victoria Land | parent= | border= | coordinates = | length_km= | length_note = | width_km= | width_note = | highest= | elevation_m= | elevation_note= | map = Antarctica | map_alt = | map_caption = | map_size = | label = Briggs Hill | label_position = | range_coordinates = | range_coordinates_note = | geology= | period=| orogeny= Briggs Hill () is a conspicuous ice-free hill, 1,210 m high, standing on the south side of Ferrar Glacier between Descent Glacier and Overflow Glacier in Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was charted by the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–13, under Scott, and named by the United States Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for Raymond S. Briggs, United States Antarctic Research Program meteorologist at McMurdo Station in 1962, and station scientific leader there in 1963.
Location
Briggs Hill is in the northeast of the Royal Society Range. It faces Ferrar Glacier to the northwest. and is bound by the Descent Glacier to the southwest and the Overflow Glacier to the northeast. Descent Pass is to the southeast, leading towards Granite Knolls and the Blue Glacier.
Features
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/C77190s1_Ant.Map_Ross_Island.jpg" caption="Briggs Hill towards southwest corner of map"] ::
Features and nearby features include:
Mount Huxley
Todd Hill
Descent Pass
A pass leading from Blue Glacier to Ferrar Glacier. So named by the party led by Armitage of the British National Antarctic Expedition (BrNAE; 1901-04) because of the adventurous descent to Ferrar Glacier made here via Descent Glacier in 1902.
Pearsall Ridge
Main article: Pearsall Ridge
Stoner Peak
Granite Knolls
Anderson Knoll
Chain Nunataks
Hannon Hill
References
Sources
- {{citation|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/fedgov/70039167/report.pdf |accessdate=2024-01-30 |edition=2 |editor-last=Alberts |title=Geographic Names of the Antarctic |editor-first=Fred G. |publisher=United States Board on Geographic Names |year=1995}}
- {{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C77190s1_Ant.Map_Ross_Island.jpg |accessdate=2024-02-13 |title=Ross Island |publisher=USGS: United States Geological Survey |ref= }}
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