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Feature Name (see definition): Coombs Hills Feature Class (see definition): Range Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica) Feature ID (see definition): 3096 Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 76° 47' 00" S Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 160° 00' 00" E Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -76.7833333 Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 160 Elevation (see definition): No data Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1962 Description (see definition): An area of broken and largely snow-free hills and valleys between the Odell and Cambridge Glaciers in Victoria Land. Discovered in 1957 by the New Zealand Northern Survey Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) (1956-58) and named by them for D.S. Coombs, professor of geology at the University of Otago, New Zealand, who assisted the expedition in obtaining essential petrological equipment. Date Created (see definition): No data Date Edited (see definition): No data NOTE: The information regarding Coombs Hills in Antarctica on this page is published from the data supplied by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, a member of the Intelligence community of the Antarctica, and a Department of Defense (DoD) Combat Support Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Coombs Hills information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Coombs Hills should be addressed to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
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