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Edson Hills

Coordinates: 79°50′S 83°39′W / 79.833°S 83.650°W / -79.833; -83.650
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The Edson Hills (79°50′S 83°39′W / 79.833°S 83.650°W / -79.833; -83.650) are a group of mainly ice-free hills lying south of Drake Icefall and west of Union Glacier in the Heritage Range of the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. They were named by the University of Minnesota Ellsworth Mountains Party, 1962–63, for Dean T. Edson, a United States Geological Survey topographic engineer with the party.[1]

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Geographical features include:

References

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  1. ^ "Edson Hills". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 23 February 2012.

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