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38: 31: 381: 373: 1205: 1103: 802:. The mouth of the valley is completely blocked by the Koettlitz moraine, the only one of the numerous valleys tributary to the Koettlitz isolated in this fashion. The main valley is hidden not only from the coast but from most of the surrounding ridges. 1209: 1107: 178:) are a group of rugged foothills, 24 nautical miles (44 km; 28 mi) long southwest–northeast and 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) wide, to the east of the 92: 141: 463: 274: 684:
at its western head. It is 12.5 kilometres (7.8 mi) long, and 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) wide, and lies between Garwood Valley and Miers Valley.
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hills rising to 1,300 metres (4,300 ft), including from west to east Murphy Peak, Handley Hill, Auger Hill and Coral Hill. The hills separate
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and Victoria Land (including work in these hills), 1958–99, making more than 25 visits to Antarctica.
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The Denton Hills comprise a series of eastward-trending ridges and valleys circumscribed by
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of the Department of Geological Sciences and the Institute for Quaternary Studies,
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in the northern part of the foothills. Elevations decrease southward as in
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Denton Hills south of Blue Glacier, beside McMurdo Sound, in south of map
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to the north and northwest and forms the divide with the lower part of
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through which an alpine glacier formerly moved to coalesce with
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The Denton Hills were discovered and roughly mapped by the
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and is surrounded by glacial ice except on the south side.
1001: 946: 1061: 1049: 977: 1093:(2 ed.), United States Board on Geographic Names 1037: 1025: 1013: 989: 965: 680:, a small valley in Antarctica, ice free except for 437:, a prominent arc-shaped ridge which circumscribes 912:. It rises from Koettlitz ice at the upper end of 1220: 275:British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04 1138: 959: 391:Major features include, from north to south: 289:(NZARP) personnel in the years following the 1180: 1159: 1055: 983: 1117: 1067: 313:, who conducted geological research in the 217:at 1,634 metres (5,361 ft), rise from 301:The hills were named by the United States 1196:United States Department of the Interior 1175:United States Department of the Interior 1154:United States Department of the Interior 1133:United States Department of the Interior 379: 371: 287:New Zealand Antarctic Research Programme 283:United States Antarctic Research Program 1112:United States Board on Geographic Names 1083: 1043: 1031: 1019: 1007: 995: 971: 849:, an ice-free valley that lies between 384:Denton Hill to the north of map, above 1221: 281:. The hills were mapped in detail by 303:Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names 213:at 1,703 metres (5,587 ft), and 794:, the ice-free valley next south of 739:. The valley is ice-free except for 559:is a valley opening on the coast of 37: 1187:Geographic Names Information System 1166:Geographic Names Information System 1145:Geographic Names Information System 1124:Geographic Names Information System 629:. The peak is immediately south of 13: 1212:from websites or documents of the 1110:from websites or documents of the 14: 1245: 1087:Geographic Names of the Antarctic 916:and from south to north includes 324: 1208: This article incorporates 1203: 1106: This article incorporates 1101: 743:in its upper (western) part and 305:(US-ACAN; 1999) after Professor 36: 29: 1214:United States Geological Survey 1192:United States Geological Survey 1171:United States Geological Survey 1150:United States Geological Survey 1129:United States Geological Survey 1084:Alberts, Fred G., ed. (1995), 291:International Geophysical Year 268: 1: 940: 7: 362:GPX (secondary coordinates) 10: 1250: 1076: 829:78.1666667°S 163.6166667°E 158:78.0833333°S 163.9166667°E 109:78.0833333°S 163.9166667°E 857:and east of the snout of 731:, a valley just south of 357:GPX (primary coordinates) 332:Map all coordinates using 321:is also named after him. 84: 74: 64: 59: 23: 18: 834:-78.1666667; 163.6166667 340:Download coordinates as: 315:Transantarctic Mountains 209:. The highest summits, 163:-78.0833333; 163.9166667 114:-78.0833333; 163.9166667 480:77.994296°S 164.14803°E 296: 1229:Hills of Victoria Land 1210:public domain material 1108:public domain material 500:, an imposing line of 388: 377: 485:-77.994296; 164.14803 383: 375: 352:GPX (all coordinates) 1010:, pp. 572–573. 883: /  824: /  769: /  706: /  655: /  593: /  534: /  475: /  412: /  311:University of Maine 279:Robert Falcon Scott 223:Kahiwi Maihao Ridge 180:Royal Society Range 153: /  104: /  774:78.167°S 163.867°E 711:78.100°S 164.000°E 660:78.067°S 164.200°E 622:and topped with a 598:78.033°S 163.667°E 539:78.033°S 164.117°E 417:77.883°S 163.967°E 389: 378: 960:Denton Hills USGS 910:Koettlitz Glacier 800:Koettlitz Glacier 737:Koettlitz Glacier 205:, the coast, and 132: 131: 86:Range coordinates 1241: 1207: 1206: 1198: 1177: 1156: 1135: 1105: 1104: 1100: 1099: 1098: 1092: 1071: 1065: 1059: 1056:Ward Valley USGS 1053: 1047: 1041: 1035: 1029: 1023: 1017: 1011: 1005: 999: 993: 987: 984:Keble Hills USGS 981: 975: 969: 963: 957: 907: 906: 904: 903: 902: 900: 895: 894: 889: 884: 881: 880: 879: 876: 848: 847: 845: 844: 843: 841: 836: 835: 830: 825: 822: 821: 820: 817: 793: 792: 790: 789: 788: 786: 781: 780: 779:-78.167; 163.867 775: 770: 767: 766: 765: 762: 747:near its center. 730: 729: 727: 726: 725: 723: 718: 717: 716:-78.100; 164.000 712: 707: 704: 703: 702: 699: 679: 678: 676: 675: 674: 672: 667: 666: 665:-78.067; 164.200 661: 656: 653: 652: 651: 648: 617: 616: 614: 613: 612: 610: 605: 604: 603:-78.033; 163.667 599: 594: 591: 590: 589: 586: 563:, just south of 558: 557: 555: 554: 553: 551: 546: 545: 544:-78.033; 164.117 540: 535: 532: 531: 530: 527: 499: 498: 496: 495: 494: 492: 487: 486: 481: 476: 473: 472: 471: 468: 436: 435: 433: 432: 431: 429: 424: 423: 422:-77.883; 163.967 418: 413: 410: 409: 408: 405: 307:George H. 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Denton Hills is located in Antarctica
Antarctica
Victoria Land
Range coordinates
78°05′00″S 163°55′00″E / 78.0833333°S 163.9166667°E / -78.0833333; 163.9166667 (Denton Hills)
78°05′00″S 163°55′00″E / 78.0833333°S 163.9166667°E / -78.0833333; 163.9166667 (Denton Hills)
Royal Society Range
Scott Coast
Victoria Land
Howchin Glacier
Armitage Saddle
Blue Glacier
Walcott Bay
Mount Kowalczyk
Goat Mountain
Hobbs Ridge
Kahiwi Maihao Ridge
Xanadu Hills
Hobbs
Blackwelder
Salmon
Garwood
Joyce
Rivard
Miers
Adams
Ward
British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04
Robert Falcon Scott
United States Antarctic Research Program

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