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The '''[[Whitmore Mountains]]''' are an isolated mountain range of the Transantarctic Mountains System, located in the [[Marie Byrd Land]] region of [[Westarctica]].
The '''[[Hobbs Coast]]''' is the portion of the coast of [[Westarctica]] extending from [[Cape Burks]] to a point on the coast opposite eastern [[Dean Island]], at 74°42′S 127°05′W, or between the [[Ruppert Coast]] in the west and the [[Bakutis Coast]] in the east. It stretches from 136°50′W to 127°35′.


They consist of three small mountains and a cluster of [[nunatak]]s arranged in a semicircular pattern extending over 15 miles. The group was visited and surveyed on January 2, 1959, by William H. Chapman, cartographer with the [[Horlick Mountains]] Traverse Party. The mountains were named by Chapman for George D. Whitmore, Chief Topographic Engineer of the United States Geological Survey (USGS), who was a member of the Working Group on Cartography of the Scientific Committee on [[Antarctic]] Research.
The coast was discovered by the US [[Antarctica|Antarctic]] Service (1939–41) mapped by the United States Geological Survey from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–65. The Hobbs Coast was named for Professor William H. Hobbs of the University of Michigan, a glaciologist specializing in polar geography and history.  


The first title created in the [[Peerage of Westarctica]] was "Duke of Whitmore." However, after the initial structure of the nobility was modified in 2004, the title was reduced to [[Viscount of Whitmore]]. It has remained that way ever since, and the current Viscount has held that title continuously since 15 November 2015.
<p><small>Photographer: Michael Studinger</small></p>
 
<p><small>Photo Credit: U.S. Antarctic Program</small></p>
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