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Karo Hills

Hills in Antarctica

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map	Antarctica
country_type	Continent
country	Antarctica
state_type	Region
state	Ross Dependency
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The Karo Hills () are rounded, ice-free foothills in Antarctica extending for 12 nmi along the west side of the terminus of Scott Glacier, from Mount Salisbury north-northwest to the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf.

Discovery and naming

The Karo Hills were first seen and roughly mapped by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition between 1928 and 1930, and were named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Vice Admiral Henry Arnold Karo, Director of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey from 1955 to 1965 and Deputy Director of the U.S. Environmental Science Services Administration from 1965 to 1967.

Location

The Karo Hills run north-northeast from Mount Salisbury in the south, separating the Koerwitz Glacier to the west from the Scott Glacier to the east. Other peaks include Mount Hastings and Mount Rigby.

Features

Mount Salisbury

Mount Hastings

Mount Rigby

References

Sources

{{citation|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/fedgov/70039167/report.pdf |accessdate=2023-12-03 |edition=2 |editor-last=Alberts |title=Geographic Names of the Antarctic |editor-first=Fred G.
{{citation |url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:C85150s1_Mount_Goodale.jpg |accessdate=2024-01-04

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