Lully Foothills

The Lully Foothills are a large group of peaks and nunataks extending 15 nautical miles in a northeast–southwest direction between Vivaldi Glacier and the LeMay Range in the west-central part of Alexander Island, in the British Antarctic Territory.

These hills were apparently first seen from the air and roughly mapped by the United States Antarctic Service in 1940, they were remapped in detail from air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition of 1947–48, and by D. Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1960.

The foothills were named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after Jean-Baptiste Lully, a French composer. It follows a pattern with many features in the south of Alexander Island which have been named after composers.

Location

• Location map:70°49’0"S, 69°37’60"W

See also

• Finlandia Foothills

References

• Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Lully Foothills