Feature Name (see definition): Wilson Mountains

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 16685

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 72° 15' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 061° 50' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -72.25

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -61.8333333

Elevation (see definition): 1600

Decision Year (see definition): No data

Description (see definition): A group of mountains including Hjort Massif, rising to c. 1,600 m to the W of Merz Peninsula, Black Coast, Palmer Land. The feature is bounded to the W by Du Toit Mountains, to N by Beaumont Glacier and Hilton Inlet, and to S by Defant Glacier. First photographed from the air by U.S. Antarctic Service (USAS), 1940. Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from U.S. Navy aerial photographs taken 1966-69. In association with the names of continental drift scientists grouped in this area, named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after John Tuzo Wilson (1908-93), Canadian geophysicist who visited Antarctica on U.S. Navy (USN) Operation Deep Freeze, 1958; Professor of Geophysics, University of Toronto, 1946-74; Director-General, Ontario Science Centre, 1974-85.

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