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[[File: | [[File:Horlick Mountains.jpg|thumb|The Horlick Mountains]] | ||
The '''Horlick Mountains''' are a mountain range in the [[Transantarctic Mountains]] of [[Westarctica]], lying eastward of [[Reedy Glacier]] and including the [[Wisconsin Range]], [[Long Hills]] and [[Ohio Range]]. | The '''Horlick Mountains''' are a mountain range in the [[Transantarctic Mountains]] of [[Westarctica]], lying eastward of [[Reedy Glacier]] and including the [[Wisconsin Range]], [[Long Hills]] and [[Ohio Range]]. | ||
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The entire mountain group was surveyed by USARP parties and was mapped from U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1959–64. It was named by Admiral [[Richard E. Byrd]] for William Horlick, of the Horlick's Malted Milk Corp., a supporter of the Byrd expedition of 1933–35. | The entire mountain group was surveyed by USARP parties and was mapped from U.S. Navy aerial photographs, 1959–64. It was named by Admiral [[Richard E. Byrd]] for William Horlick, of the Horlick's Malted Milk Corp., a supporter of the Byrd expedition of 1933–35. | ||
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* [[Horlick Ice Stream]] | |||
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[[Category:Geography of Westarctica]] | [[Category:Geography of Westarctica]] | ||
[[Category:Mountains]] | [[Category:Mountains]] | ||