Anderson Hills

The Anderson Hills rise to 3,970 feet (at O'Connell Nunatak), in the North Patuxent Range, part of the Pensacola Mountains of Queen Elizabeth Land.

Following air reconnaissance by the United States Navy from Ellsworth Station, 1957-58, the name 'Anderson Mountains' was applied to a feature shown between 83° and 84°S, and 56° and 64°W, after Robert Bernard Anderson (b.1910), US Deputy Secretary of Defence, 1954-55 (later Secretary of the Treasury), who was directly responsible for United States operations in Antarctica in the International Geophysical Year. Following survey by the United States Geological Survey in 1961-62, and air photography by US Navy in 1864, the feature was repositioned and named 'Anderson Hills'.

Location

• Location map: 84°30’0"S, 64°0’0"W
• Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Anderson Hills