Meteorite Hills

The Meteorite Hills are a group of hills, long, forming the western portion of the Darwin Mountains in Antarctica. ^[1]

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Table of Contents

1. 10 relations: ANSMET, Darwin Glacier (Antarctica), Darwin Mountains, Houston, Johnson Space Center, Nunatak, Smithsonian Institution, Turnstile Ridge, University of Pittsburgh, William A. Cassidy.

2. Hills of Oates Land

ANSMET

ANSMET (Antarctic Search for Meteorites) is a program funded by the Office of Polar Programs of the National Science Foundation that looks for meteorites in the Transantarctic Mountains.

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Darwin Glacier (Antarctica)

The Darwin Glacier is a large glacier in Antarctica.

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Darwin Mountains

The Darwin Mountains are a group of mountains between the Darwin Glacier and Hatherton Glacier in Antarctica.

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Houston

Houston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States.

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Johnson Space Center

The Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (JSC) is NASA's center for human spaceflight in Houston, Texas (originally named the Manned Spacecraft Center), where human spaceflight training, research, and flight control are conducted.

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Nunatak

A nunatak (from Inuit nunataq) is the summit or ridge of a mountain that protrudes from an ice field or glacier that otherwise covers most of the mountain or ridge.

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Smithsonian Institution

The Smithsonian Institution, or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums, education and research centers, the largest such complex in the world, created by the U.S. government "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge." Founded on August 10, 1846, it operates as a trust instrumentality and is not formally a part of any of the three branches of the federal government.

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Turnstile Ridge

Turnstile Ridge is a ridge about long, lying north of Westhaven Nunatak at the northwest extremity of the Britannia Range.

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University of Pittsburgh

The University of Pittsburgh (also known as Pitt) is a public state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.

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William A. Cassidy

William A. Cassidy (3 January 1928 – 22 March 2020) was an American geologist and professor emeritus of Geology and Planetary Science at the University of Pittsburgh.

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See also

Hills of Oates Land

• Allan Hills
• Bastion Hill
• Brown Hills
• Colbert Hills (Antarctica)
• Davis Knoll
• Goorkha Craters
• Meteorite Hills
• Morris Heights (East Antarctica)
• Turbidite Hill
• Wilson Hills
• Wright Hill

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteorite_Hills

Also known as Access Slope, Lindstrom Ridge, Mason Nunatak, Score Ridge, Tether Rock.

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