Feature Name (see definition): Hughes Range

Feature Class (see definition): Range

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 7132

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 84° 30' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 175° 30' 00" E

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -84.5

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): 175.5

Elevation (see definition): 4230

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1962

Description (see definition): A high massive N-S trending range surmounted by six prominent summits, of which Mount Kaplan (4,230 m) is the highest, located E of Canyon Glacier in the Queen Maud Mountains and extending 45 mi from the confluence of Brandau and Keltie Glaciers in the S, to the Giovinco Ice Piedmont in the north. Discovered and photographed by R. Admiral Byrd on the Baselaying Flight of Nov. 18, 1929, and named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN), on the recommendation of R. Admiral Byrd, for Charles Evans Hughes, Secretary of State and Chief Justice of the U.S., and adviser and counselor of Byrd.

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