Feature Name (see definition): Hess Mountains

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 6738

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

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 062° 30' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -72

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -62.5

Elevation (see definition): 1500

Decision Year (see definition): No data

Description (see definition): A group of mountains rising to c. 1,500 m at the head of Hilton Inlet, Black Coast, to the W of Dietz Bluff and bounded to N by Gruening Glacier, to W by Runcorn Glacier and to S by Beaumont Glacier. First photographed from the air by the U.S. Antarctic Service (USAS), 1940. Mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from aerial photographs taken by the U.S. Navy, 1966-69. Surveyed by British Antarctic Survey (BAS), 1972-73. In association with the names of continental drift scientists grouped in this area, named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN), 1978, after Harry H. Hess (1906-69), American geologist, Professor of Geology, Princeton University, 1948-69.

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