Kavrayskiy Hills

The Kavrayskiy Hills (70°27′S 161°5′E / 70.450°S 161.083°E / -70.450; 161.083Coordinates: 70°27′S 161°5′E / 70.450°S 161.083°E / -70.450; 161.083) are a line of mostly ice-covered coastal hills in Antarctica, rising south of Rennick Bay and along the west side of the lower end of Rennick Glacier. They were charted by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1958) and named after Vladimir V. Kavrayskiy, a Soviet geodesist and cartographer.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Kavrayskiy Hills". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-04-15.

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