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	[[File:Caloplaca-Hills.jpg\|350px\|thumb\|Map showing the Caloplaca Hills]]		[[File:Caloplaca-Hills.jpg\|350px\|thumb\|Map showing the Caloplaca Hills]]
	The '''Caloplaca Hills''' (86°7′S 131°0′W) are a distinctive group of rock hills including Mount Carmer and Heathcock Peak, lying east of the [[Watson Escarpment]] on the west side of [[Reedy Glacier]].		The '''Caloplaca Hills''' (86°7′S 131°0′W) are a distinctive group of rock hills including [[Mount Carmer]] and [[Heathcock Peak]], lying east of the [[Watson Escarpment]] on the west side of [[Reedy Glacier]].

	==Discovery and name==		==Discovery and name==
	The hills were mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from [[United States Navy]] aerial photographs collected during the years 1960–64. The name was suggested by J.H. Mercer of the Institute of Polar Studies at Ohio State University, after [[Caloplaca saxicola\|''Caloplaca'']], the type of [[lichen]] found here.		The hills were mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from [[United States Navy]] aerial photographs collected during the years 1960–64. The name was suggested by J.H. Mercer of the Institute of Polar Studies at Ohio State University, after [[Caloplaca saxicola\|''Caloplaca'']], the type of [[lichen]] found here.

			==Features==
			* [[Mount Carmer]]
			* [[Heathcock Peak]]

	[[Category:Geography of Westarctica]]		[[Category:Geography of Westarctica]]

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	==Discovery and name==		==Discovery and name==
	The hills were mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from [[United States Navy]] aerial photographs collected during the years 1960–64. The name was suggested by J.H. Mercer of the Institute of Polar Studies at Ohio State University, after ''Caloplaca'', the type of [[lichen]] found here.		The hills were mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from [[United States Navy]] aerial photographs collected during the years 1960–64. The name was suggested by J.H. Mercer of the Institute of Polar Studies at Ohio State University, after [[Caloplaca saxicola\|''Caloplaca'']], the type of [[lichen]] found here.

	[[Category:Geography of Westarctica]]		[[Category:Geography of Westarctica]]

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[[File:Caloplaca-Hills.jpg|350px|thumb|Map showing the Caloplaca Hills]]
The '''Caloplaca Hills''' (86°7′S 131°0′W) are a distinctive group of rock hills including Mount Carmer and Heathcock Peak, lying east of the [[Watson Escarpment]] on the west side of [[Reedy Glacier]].

==Discovery and name==
The hills were mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from [[United States Navy]] aerial photographs collected during the years 1960–64. The name was suggested by J.H. Mercer of the Institute of Polar Studies at Ohio State University, after ''Caloplaca'', the type of [[lichen]] found here.

[[Category:Geography of Westarctica]]