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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]] | ||