Liberty Hills (Antarctica)

- 80.1 - 82.966666666667Koordinaten: 80 ° 6 ' S, 82 ° 58 ' W

The Liberty Hills (English freedom Mountains) are an approximately 16 km long, rugged hills in West Antarctica. The mountain range is located in the Heritage Range Mountain region and is one of the southernmost foothills of Ellsworthgebirges.

The Liberty Hills form a part of the western wall of the Horseshoe Valley, the eastern side of the valley facing is usually in the slipstream and is largely free of snow and ice. About eleven kilometers south-east lie the Marble Hills, the region between the two mountain ranges is crisscrossed by crevasses. To the north lie the foothills of the Enterprise Hills. The highest peaks are Mount the chain Rosenthal ( 1840 m ) in the northwest, Sponholz Peak ( 1730 m ) and Kelley Peak (1710 m) in the southeastern part.

The ridge was mapped by the United States Geological Survey for the years 1961-1966 based on aerial photographs of the United States Navy and expeditions. 1964 awarded by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names the name Liberty Hills, in the Heritage Range has how many geographical objects a reference to the cultural heritage of the United States of America.

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• Liberty Hills in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey

• Mountains in Antarctica