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The Crown Hills () are a group of peaks and hills forming the south-east part of the
Lanterman Range The Lanterman Range () is a mountain range about long and wide, forming the southwest part of the Bowers Mountains in Antarctica. It is bounded by the Rennick Glacier, Sledgers Glacier, Black Glacier and Canham Glacier. Exploration and namin ...
in the
Bowers Mountains __NOTOC__ Bowers Mountains () is a group of north–south trending mountains in Antarctica, about 145 km (90 mi) long and 56 km (35 mi) wide, bounded by the coast on the north and by the Rennick, Canham, Black and Lillie gla ...
of
Victoria Land Victoria Land is a region in eastern Antarctica which fronts the western side of the Ross Sea and the Ross Ice Shelf, extending southward from about 70°30'S to 78°00'S, and westward from the Ross Sea to the edge of the Antarctic Plateau. It ...
, Antarctica. Lying between Zenith Glacier and Gambone Peak, and including All Black Peak, they rise to a height of . The name was given by the
New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC) is an adjudicating committee established to authorize the naming of features in the Ross Dependency on the Antarctic continent. It is composed of the members of the New Zealand Geographic Board pl ...
(NZ-APC) in 1983, at the suggestion of geologist M.G. Laird, in association with nearby
Coronet Peak Coronet Peak is a commercial skifield in Queenstown, New Zealand located seven kilometres west of Arrowtown, on the southern slopes of the 1,649-metre peak which shares its name. A popular ski resort in the Southern Hemisphere, Coronet Peak offe ...
.


Location

The Crown Hills are at the southeast end of the
Lanterman Range The Lanterman Range () is a mountain range about long and wide, forming the southwest part of the Bowers Mountains in Antarctica. It is bounded by the Rennick Glacier, Sledgers Glacier, Black Glacier and Canham Glacier. Exploration and namin ...
. The Canham Glacier flows northwest along their southwest margin, and the
Black Glacier Black Glacier () is a broad tributary to the Lillie Glacier flowing northeast, marking the southeast extent of the Bowers Mountains, a major mountain range situated in the geographical location of Victoria Land, Antarctica. The glacier was first ma ...
flows northeast along their southeast margin. They are drained to the south by the Zenith Glacier and the Johnstone Glacier. The
Molar Massif Molar Massif () is a large mountain massif immediately east of the Lanterman Range in the Bowers Mountains of Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–1964. The descriptiv ...
is to the north, the
Alamein Range Alamein Range () is a range lying west of Canham Glacier, in the Freyberg Mountains of Antarctica. It was named in association with Lord Bernard Freyberg and the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force by the Northern Party of New Zealand Geolo ...
to the southwest and the
Salamander Range Salamander Range () is a distinctive linear range between Canham Glacier and Black Glacier, in the Freyberg Mountains, Antarctica. The range was named by the Northern Party of New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1963†...
to the south. The
Leitch Massif Leitch Massif () is a mountain massif that forms the northern part of the West Quartzite Range, in the Concord Mountains of Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of th ...
and King Range are to the east.


Features


Half Black Peak

. A peak ME of Mount Edixon, rising to over high in the southeast part of Lanterman Range. Descriptively named in 1983 by the NZ-APC on the proposal of M.G. Laird, because of the proximity of All Black Peak and from the color of this peak, half black rock and half snow.


Mount Edixon

. A mountain, high, located southeast of Bowers Peak in the Lanterman Range. Named by the northern party of
New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica. The expeditions were notably active throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Features named by the expeditions 1957 ...
(NZGSAE), 1963–64, for Lieutenant James R. Edixon, pilot with United States Navy Squadron VX-6, who, with considerable willingness and skill, was responsible for the expedition's air support.


Zenith Glacier

. A glacier which lies west of Johnstone Glacier and drains south from the south end of Lanterman Range, Bowers Mountains. So named by the NZGSAE to northern Victoria Land, 1967–68, because the glacier is an important geological outcrop area with an impressive view from the top (the head of the glacier) over much of the Bowers Mountains.


Johnstone Glacier

. A small glacier located east of Zenith Glacier, draining from the south extremity of Lanterman Range, Bowers Mountains. Named by the NZGSAE to northern Victoria Land, 1967–68, for lan Johnstone, chief scientific officer at Scott Base that season.


All Black Peak

. The main peak in Crown Hills, rising to high on the east side of the head of Johnstone Glacier. Descriptively named by the NZ-APC in 1983 on the suggestion of geologist M.G. Laird.


Gambone Peak

. A peak, high, located southwest of Coronet Peak, at the junction of the Leap Year Glacier and Black Glacier. Mapped by
United States Geological Survey The United States Geological Survey (USGS), formerly simply known as the Geological Survey, is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, ...
(USGS) from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by United States
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (ACAN or US-ACAN) is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending commemorative names for features in Antarctica. History The committee was established ...
(US-ACAN) for Lieutenant (j.g) J.C. Gambone, Operations Administrative Assistant on the staff of the Commander, United States Naval Support Force. Antarctica, 1967 and 1968.


Nearby features

Nearby features to the north in the Lanterman Range include:


Hoshko Glacier

. A cirque-type glacier draining southwest from between Bowers Peak and Mount Edixon into the lower part of Canham Glacier. Mapped by USGS from surveys and United States Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by US-ACAN for Lieutenant John Hoshko, Jr., United States Navy Reserve, public affairs officer on the staff of the Commander, United States Navy Support Force, Antarctica', 1966-68.


Bowers Peak

. A peak, high, forming a part of the divide between the
Hunter Glacier Rennick Glacier is broad glacier, nearly long, which is one of the largest in Antarctica. It rises on the polar plateau westward of Mesa Range and is wide, narrowing to near the coast. It takes its name from Rennick Bay where the glacier reaches ...
and Hoshko Glacier. Named by the northern party of NZGSAE, 1963–64, for Lieutenant John M. Bowers, Jr., of United States Navy Squadron VX-6, who flew support flights for this New Zealand field party.


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