Morrison Hills

Morrison Hills

Morrison Hills (84°12′S 168°40′E / 84.2°S 168.667°E / -84.2; 168.667) is a series of rugged east-west trending hills between Garrard Glacier and Hewson Glacier in Queen Alexandra Range. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Lieutenant I. James Morrison, U.S. Navy, who did preliminary work leading to the induction of C-130 aircraft into Antarctica in February 1960, and who also participated in U.S. Navy Operation Deepfreeze for several seasons 1958-59.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Morrison Hills" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).