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The Condon Hills () are a group of hills rising to along the east side of
Rayner Glacier Rayner Glacier () is a prominent glacier, wide, flowing north to the coast of Enderby Land just west of Condon Hills. It was sighted in October 1956 by Squadron Leader D. Leckie during a flight in an ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research ...
,
Enderby Land Enderby Land is a projecting landmass of Antarctica. Its shore extends from Shinnan Glacier at about to William Scoresby Bay at , approximately of the earth's longitude (planets), longitude. It was first documented in western and eastern liter ...
. They were plotted from air photos taken by
Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions The Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE ) is the historical name for the Australia: Antarctic Program#Australian Antarctic program, Australian Antarctic Program (AAP) administered for Australia by the Australian Antarctic D ...
in 1956 and 1957, and named by the
Antarctic Names Committee of Australia The Australian Antarctic Names and Medals Committee (AANMC) was established to advise the Government on names for features in the Australian Antarctic Territory and the subantarctic territory of Heard Island and the McDonald Islands. The committe ...
for M.A. Condon, Assistant Director,
Bureau of Mineral Resources Bureau ( ) may refer to: Agencies and organizations *Government agency *Public administration * News bureau, an office for gathering or distributing news, generally for a given geographical location * Bureau (European Parliament), the administra ...
, Canberra, Australia.


See also

* Mount Lira, located 5 nautical miles (9 km) east of the Condon Hills


References

* Hills of Antarctica Landforms of Enderby Land {{EnderbyLand-geo-stub