Robinson Heights in Antarctica () are the mainly ice-covered heights , elliptical in plan and long, which rise south of

Anare Pass The Anare Mountains () are a large group of mainly snow-covered peaks and ridges along the northern coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. The group is bounded on the north and east by the Pacific Ocean, on the west by Lillie Glacier, and on the sou ...

and form the northwest end of the

Admiralty Mountains The Admiralty Mountains (alternatively Admiralty Range) is a large group of high mountains and individually named ranges and ridges in northeastern Victoria Land, Antarctica. This mountain group is bounded by the sea (Ross Sea and Southern Ocean) ...

, Antarctica.

Exploration and naming

The Robinson Heights were mapped by the

United States Geological Survey The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology. The agency was founded on Mar ...

(USGS) from surveys and

United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare, maritime military branch, service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is the world's most powerful navy with the largest Displacement (ship), displacement, at 4.5 millio ...

photography, 1960–63. They were named by the United States

Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica. History The committee was established ...

(US-ACAN) for Edwin S. Robinson, a

United States Antarctic Research Program The United States Antarctic Program (or USAP; formerly known as the United States Antarctic Research Program or USARP and the United States Antarctic Service or USAS) is an organization of the United States government which has a presence in the ...

(USARP) geophysicist at

McMurdo Sound The McMurdo Sound is a sound in Antarctica, known as the southernmost passable body of water in the world, located approximately from the South Pole. Captain James Clark Ross discovered the sound in February 1841 and named it after Lieutenant ...

in 1960. He participated in a number of geophysical traverses, including his leadership of the South Pole Station Traverse, 1962–63.

Location

The Robinson Heights are in the Admiraly Mountains to the south of the

, which lies between the

Ebbe Glacier Lillie Glacier () is a large glacier in Antarctica, about long and wide. It lies between the Bowers Mountains on the west and the Concord Mountains and Anare Mountains on the east, flowing to Ob' Bay on the coast and forming the Lillie Glacier T ...

and the

Dennistoun Glacier The Dennistoun Glacier () is a glacier, long, draining the northern slopes of Mount Black Prince, Mount Royalist and Mount Adam in the Admiralty Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It flows northwest between the Lyttelton Range and Dune ...

to the south of the

Anare Mountains The Anare Mountains () are a large group of mainly snow-covered peaks and ridges along the northern coast of Victoria Land, Antarctica. The group is bounded on the north and east by the Pacific Ocean, on the west by Lillie Glacier, and on the sou ...

. The Ebbe Glacier flow past its southwest side, separating it from the

Homerun Range The Homerun Range () is a northwest-trending range, long and wide, east of Everett Range at the heads of the Ebbe Glacier and Tucker Glacier in Victoria Land, Antarctica. Exploration and naming The name of the Homerun Range derives from "H ...

. The

Lyttelton Range The Lyttelton Range () is a narrow northwest-trending mountain range located south of Dunedin Range in the Admiralty Mountains of Antarctica. The range is long and forms the western wall of the upper part of the Dennistoun Glacier. Exploration ...

is to the southeast and the

Dunedin Range The Dunedin Range () is a northwest-trending mountain range, long and wide. It is located east of Lyttelton Range in the Admiralty Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. Name The Dunedin Range was mapped by the United States Geological Surv ...

to the east. Features of the Robinson Heights include Mount Schaefer and Mount Frishman.

Features

Mount Schaefer

. A mountain high which marks the west extremity of Robinson Heights. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy photography, 1960-63. Named by US-ACAN for Paul W. Schaefer,

(USARP) biologist at

McMurdo Station McMurdo Station is an American Antarctic research station on the southern tip of Ross Island. It is operated by the United States through the United States Antarctic Program (USAP), a branch of the National Science Foundation. The station is ...

, 1966-67.

Mount Frishman

. A small, pointed mountain high in the east part of Robinson Heights. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy photography, 1960-63. Named by US-ACAN for Steven A. Frishman, USARP biologist at

Hallett Station Cape Hallett is a snow-free area (Antarctic oasis) on the northern tip of the Hallett Peninsula on the Ross Sea coast of Victoria Land, East Antarctica. Cape Adare lies to the north. History In 1956, during Operation Deep Freeze II, was dama ...

, 1966-67.

References

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