The Meteorite Hills (79°40′S 155°36′E / 79.667°S 155.600°E) are a group of hills, 11 nautical miles (20 km) long, forming the western portion of the Darwin Mountains in Antarctica. The hills are located between the heads of Darwin Glacier and Hatherton Glacier. The name was proposed by John O. Annexstad of the Meteorite Working Group at the Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, in association with field work carried out in this vicinity by the Antarctic Search for Meteorites, led by William A. Cassidy of the University of Pittsburgh, during the 1978–79 season.[1]
References
This article incorporates public domain material from "Meteorite Hills". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
Further reading
- Thomas H. Burbine, Asteroids, P 73
- Kevin Righter, Catherine Corrigan, Timothy McCoy, Ralph Harvey, editors, 35 Seasons of U.S. Antarctic Meteorites (1976-2010): A Pictorial Guide To The Collection
- Cari Corrigan, ANTARCTICA: THE BEST PLACE ON EARTH TO COLLECT METEORITES, Smithsonian Institution, OCTOBER 2011, P 296
- Ralph P. Harvey, John Schutt, and Jim Karner, Fieldwork Methods of the U.S. Antarctic Search for Meteorites Program
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