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Wilson Hills

Group of hills in Antarctica

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parent	Transantarctic Mountains
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Wilson Hills () is a group of scattered hills, nunataks and ridges that extend northwest–southeast about 70 nmi between Matusevich Glacier and Pryor Glacier in Antarctica.

Discovery and naming

The Wilson Hills were discovered by Lieutenant Harry Pennell, Royal Navy, on the Terra Nova Expedition in February 1911 during Robert Falcon Scott's last expedition. They were named after Edward Adrian Wilson, a zoologist with the expedition, who perished with Scott on the return journey from the South Pole.

Location

South end of Wilson Hills in the northwest

Features of the Wilson Hills along the east of the Matusevich Glacier include, from south to north, Mount Dalton, Thompson Peak, Ringgold Knoll and Mount Archer. Other inland features include, from northwest to southeast, Celestial Peak, Governor Mountain, Pope Mountain, Jones Nunatak, Mount Schutz, Stevenson Bluff, Mount Steele, Mount Ellery, Poorman Peak and Mount Perez. Features of the extreme south include Mount Gorton, Basilica Peak and Mount Send. Scattered peaks and nunataks further inland include Mount Blowaway, DeRemer Nunataks, Exiles Nunataks, Bourgeois Nunataks, Schmidt Nunataks and Marcoux Nunatak.

Coastal features between Wilson Hills and the Southern Ocean include, from northwest to southeast, Williamson Head, Laizure Glacier, Davies Bay, Goodman Hills, Walsh Glacier, which joins Tomilin Glacier from the north of Schmehl Peak, and Noll Glacier, which joins Tomlin Glacier from the south. Coastal features to the east and south of Noll Glacier include Holladay Nunataks, home to Leningradskaya Station, the Gillett Ice Shelf, Manna Glacier, the Anderson Peninsula, Whited Inlet, Belousov Point, Northrup Head and the Suvorov Glacier. The southern end of the hills extends to Pryor Glacier.

Inland features

Mount Dalton

Thompson Peak

Ringgold Knoll

Mount Archer

Main article: Mount Archer (Antarctica)

Celestial Peak

Governor Mountain

Pope Mountain

Jones Nunatak

Mount Schutz

Stevenson Bluff

Mount Steele

Mount Ellery

Poorman Peak

Mount Perez

Mount Gorton

Basilica Peak

Mount Send

Western features

Scattered peaks and nunataks further inland in the Wilson Hills include Mount Blowaway, DeRemer Nunataks, Exiles Nunataks, Bourgeois Nunataks, Schmidt Nunataks and Marcoux Nunatak.

Mount Blowaway

DeRemer Nunataks

Exiles Nunataks

Bourgeois Nunataks

Schmidt Nunataks

Marcoux Nunatak

Coastal features

Laizure Glacier

Holladay Nunataks

McKinnis Peak

Gillett Ice Shelf

Manna Glacier

References

Sources

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