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[[File:Hamilton Ice.png|350px|thumb|Hamilton Ice Piedmont map]] | |||
The '''Hamilton Ice Piedmont''' (74°30′S 110°18′W) is an [[ice]] piedmont, 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) wide, to the east of Wyatt Hill on the [[Bear Peninsula]]. | The '''Hamilton Ice Piedmont''' (74°30′S 110°18′W) is an [[ice]] piedmont, 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) wide, to the east of Wyatt Hill on the [[Bear Peninsula]]. | ||
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==Discovery and name== | ==Discovery and name== | ||
The ice piedmont was mapped by the USGS using surveys and United States Navy aerial photographs collected during the years 1959-66. The Hamilton Ice Piedmont was named in 1977 by US-ACAN after Robert Hamilton, a meteorologist from the University of California, Davis who served as the USARP Station Scientific Leader at [[South Pole]] Station during the winter of 1975. | The ice piedmont was mapped by the USGS using surveys and United States Navy aerial photographs collected during the years 1959-66. The Hamilton Ice Piedmont was named in 1977 by US-ACAN after Robert Hamilton, a meteorologist from the University of California, Davis who served as the USARP Station Scientific Leader at [[South Pole]] Station during the winter of 1975. | ||
==Features== | |||
* [[Merrick Point]] | |||
* Wyatt Hill | |||
[[Category:Geography of Westarctica]] | [[Category:Geography of Westarctica]] | ||