Mount Hobbs

Mount Hobbs is a mountain, 1,135 metres (3,720 ft) high, the highest summit of the Williams Hills in the Neptune Range of the Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos from 1956–66, and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Ensign James W. Hobbs of the U.S. Navy, who was part of the Ellsworth Station winter party of 1958.[1]

Mount Hobbs
Highest point
Elevation1,135 m (3,724 ft)
Coordinates83°45′S 58°50′W 
Geography
Location Pensacola Mountains
Parent rangeNeptune Range

References
  1. "Hobbs, Mount". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-06-18.

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