Wilson Hills () is a group of scattered hills,

nunatak A nunatak (from Inuit ''nunataq'') is the summit or ridge of a mountain that protrudes from an ice field or glacier that otherwise covers most of the mountain or ridge. They are also called glacial islands. Examples are natural pyramidal peaks. ...

s and

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s that extend NW-SE for about between Matusevich Glacier and

Pryor Glacier Pryor Glacier () is a glacier flowing northeastward, to the north of Mount Shields and Yermak Point, into Rennick Bay. The feature is about 30 nautical miles (60 km) long and forms a physical separation between Wilson Hills and Usarp Mounta ...

in Antarctica. They were discovered by Lieutenant

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, Royal Navy, on the Terra Nova Expedition in February 1911 during Robert Falcon Scott's last expedition, and named after Edward Adrian Wilson, a zoologist with the expedition, who perished with Scott on the return journey from the South Pole.

Geological features

Axthelm Ridge

Axthelm Ridge () is a narrow ridge, 4 miles (6 km) long, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southeast of

Parkinson Peak Parkinson Peak () is a pyramidal peak (690 m) near the coast in the north-central Wilson Hills, Antarctica. It surmounts the north extremity of the ridge complex that is the divide between Tomilin and Noll Glaciers. Visited in March 1961 by an a ...

. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–63. Named by

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(US-ACAN) for Commander

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, U.S. Navy,

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to the Commander of the

U.S. Naval Support Force Operation Deep Freeze (OpDFrz or ODF) is codename for a series of United States missions to Antarctica, beginning with "Operation Deep Freeze I" in 1955–56, followed by "Operation Deep Freeze II", "Operation Deep Freeze III", and so on. (There ...

, Antarctica, during Operation Deep Freeze 1969 and 1970;

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on the USS ''Glacier'' during Operation Deep Freeze 1965 and 1966.

Mount Ellery

Mount Ellery () is a mountain, high, near the head of

Suvorov Glacier Suvorov Glacier () is a glacier, 5 nautical miles (9 km) wide, flowing east from the Wilson Hills and discharging into the sea south of Northrup Head and Belousov Point. Mapped by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition The Soviet Antarctic ...

, northwest of Hornblende Bluffs. The region was photographed by

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, 1946–47. The position of the mountain was fixed on February 21, 1962, by Sydney L. Kirkby, surveyor with the ANARE (

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) Thala Dan cruise led by Phillip Law. Named for

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, a member of the Austratian Antarctic Exploration Committee of 1886.

Exiles Nunataks

Exiles Nunataks () is a cluster of small

s 8 miles (13 km) south-southwest of DeRemer Nunataks. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–63. So named by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE), 1963–64, because of their isolated position.

Mount Steele

Mount Steele () is a mountain, high, situated 7 km (4½ mi) east-northeast of

Stevenson Bluff Wilson Hills () is a group of scattered hills, nunataks and ridges that extend NW-SE for about between Matusevich Glacier and Pryor Glacier in Antarctica. They were discovered by Lieutenant Harry Pennell, Royal Navy, on the Terra Nova Expedition ...

on the divide between

and

Manna Glacier Wilson Hills () is a group of scattered hills, nunataks and ridges that extend NW-SE for about between Matusevich Glacier and Pryor Glacier in Antarctica. They were discovered by Lieutenant Harry Pennell, Royal Navy, on the Terra Nova Expeditio ...

. Mapped by USGS from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–63. Named by

(US-ACAN) for Carlett D. Steele,

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's Mate of Squadron VX-6. Steele participated in several Deep Freeze operations between 1957 and 1968 as helicopter crew member and maintenance supervisor.

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