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==Discovery and name== | ==Discovery and name== | ||
It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from ground surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] aerial photography, 1960–64, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, which has sent numerous research personnel to work in [[Antarctica]]. | It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from ground surveys and [[U.S. Navy]] aerial photography, 1960–64, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, which has sent numerous research personnel to work in [[Antarctica]]. | ||
==Prominent features== | |||
* [[Kirby Cone]] | |||
* Teller Peak | |||
* Roberts Ridge | |||
[[Category:Geography of Westarctica]] | [[Category:Geography of Westarctica]] | ||