The Hedgpeth Heights () are mainly snow-covered heights, long and with peaks rising to , located southwest of the

Quam Heights Quam Heights () is a mostly snow-covered heights, 15 miles (24 km) long and 4 miles (6 km) wide, rising over 1,000 m and forming the coastline between the Barnett and Dennistoun Glaciers in northern Victoria Land, Antarctic ...

in the Anare Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica.

Exploration and naming

The Hedgpeth Heights was mapped by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960–63, and was 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

Joel Hedgpeth Joel Walker Hedgpeth (September 29, 1911 – July 28, 2006) was a marine biologist, environmentalist and author. He was an expert on the marine arthropods known as sea spiders (Pycnogonida), and on the seashore plant and animal life of southern ...

, a United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) biologist at

McMurdo Station McMurdo Station is a United States Antarctic research station on the south tip of Ross Island, which is in the New Zealand-claimed Ross Dependency on the shore of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica. It is operated by the United States through the Unit ...

, 1967–68, and Palmer Station, 1968–69.

Location

The Hedgpeth Heights are towards the east of the Anare Mountains. The Barnett Glacier runs east along the north side, and the Dennistoun Glacier runs east along its south side. The

Douglas Gap Douglas Gap () is a glacier-filled gap, 1.5 nautical miles (3 km) wide, between the Hedgpeth Heights and the Quam Heights in the Anare Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surve ...

to the east connects the two glaciers and separates the Hedgpeth Heights from the

to the east.. Features include Mount Pechell and Tanaza Peak in the north and Allowitz Peak and Mount Troubridge in the south.

Features

Mount Pechell

. A peak high surmounting the west end of Hedgpeth Heights. Discovered and rudely mapped in January 1841 by Captain James Clark Ross, Royal Navy, who named this feature for Captain Sir Samuel John Brooke Pechell, a junior lord of the Admiralty at that time.

Tanaza Peak

. A peak high located east of Mount Pechell in the west-central part of Hedgpeth Heights. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by US-ACAN for Richard R. Tenaza, USARP biologist at Hallett Station, 1967-68.

Allowitz Peak

. A peak high rising immediately west of Mount Troubridge. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-63. Named by US-ACAN for Ronald D. Allowitz, United States ArmyRP biologist at Hallett Station, 1962-63.

Mount Troubridge

. A mountain over high, surmounting the east end of Hedgpeth Heights. Discovered and rudely charted in January 1841 by Captain James Ross, RN, who named it for Rear Admiral Sir

Edward Thomas Troubridge Rear Admiral Sir Edward Thomas Troubridge, 2nd Baronet, ( – 7 October 1852) was an officer of the British Royal Navy who served in the French Revolutionary, Napoleonic and War of 1812. He later served for fifteen years as the member of parli ...

, one of the junior lords of the Admiralty at that time.

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