The Karo Hills () are rounded, ice-free foothills in

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extending for along the west side of the terminus of Scott Glacier, from Mount Salisbury north-northwest to the edge of the

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Discovery and naming

The Karo Hills were first seen and roughly mapped by the

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between 1928 and 1930, and were named by the

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for

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Henry Arnold Karo, Director of the

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from 1955 to 1965 and Deputy Director of the U.S.

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from 1965 to 1967.

Location

The Karo Hills run north-northeast from Mount Salisbury in the south, separating the

Koerwitz Glacier The Scott Glacier () is a major glacier, long, that drains the East Antarctic Ice Sheet through the Queen Maud Mountains to the Ross Ice Shelf. The Scott Glacier is one of a series of major glaciers flowing across the Transantarctic Mountains, ...

to the west from the Scott Glacier to the east. Other peaks include Mount Hastings and Mount Rigby.

Features

Mount Salisbury

. An ice-free mountain, high, standing at the west side of the lower Scott Glacier at the south end of the Karo Hills. First seen and roughly mapped by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928-30. Named by the United States

(US-ACAN) for James B. Salisbury who made cosmic radiation studies at McMurdo Station in 1965.

Mount Hastings

. A low mountain southeast of Mount Rigby in the Karo Hills, at the west side of Scott Glacier. First sighted by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928–30. Named by US-ACAN for James V. Hastings who carried out geomagnetic studies at McMurdo Station, summer 1964-65.

Mount Rigby

. A mountain, high, standing northwest of Mount Hastings, just west of the mouth of Scott Glacier. First observed and roughly mapped by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928-30. Named by US-ACAN for John F. Rigby, geologist at McMurdo Station, summer 1965-66.

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