The Fazekas Hills (83°8′S 163°10′E / 83.133°S 163.167°E / -83.133; 163.167) are rugged, ice-free hills trending in a north-south direction for 9 nautical miles (17 km) just east of Mount Oona on the east side of Lowery Glacier, in the Queen Elizabeth Range, Antarctica. They were named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Stephen P. Fazekas, Sr., a United States Antarctic Research Program meteorologist at South Pole Station, 1958.[1]

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  1. ↑ "Fazekas Hills". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-03-18.

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