The Karo Hills () are rounded, ice-free foothills in

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extending for along the west side of the terminus of Scott Glacier, from Mount Salisbury north-northwest to the edge of the

Ross Ice Shelf The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf of Antarctica (, an area of roughly and about across: about the size of France). It is several hundred metres thick. The nearly vertical ice front to the open sea is more than long, and between hi ...

Discovery and naming

The Karo Hills were first seen and roughly mapped by the

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between 1928 and 1930, and were named by the

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for Vice Admiral

Henry Arnold Karo Henry Arnold Karo (December 24, 1903 – May 23, 1986) was a vice admiral in the former United States Coast and Geodetic Survey Corps, which is today known as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps. Vice A ...

, Director of the

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from 1955 to 1965 and Deputy Director of the U.S.

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from 1965 to 1967.

Location

The Karo Hills run north-northeast from Mount Salisbury in the south, separating the

Koerwitz Glacier Koerwitz Glacier () is a low gradient glacier flowing northeast from Mount Griffith in the Hays Mountains of Antarctica to the Karo Hills. It was first seen and roughly mapped by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928–30. The glacier was named by t ...

to the west from the Scott Glacier to the east. Other peaks include Mount Hastings and Mount Rigby.

Features

Mount Salisbury

. An ice-free mountain, high, standing at the west side of the lower Scott Glacier at the south end of the Karo Hills. First seen and roughly mapped by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928-30. Named by the United States

(US-ACAN) for James B. Salisbury who made cosmic radiation studies at McMurdo Station in 1965.

Mount Hastings

. A low mountain southeast of Mount Rigby in the Karo Hills, at the west side of Scott Glacier. First sighted by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928–30. Named by US-ACAN for James V. Hastings who carried out geomagnetic studies at McMurdo Station, summer 1964-65.

Mount Rigby

. A mountain, high, standing northwest of Mount Hastings, just west of the mouth of Scott Glacier. First observed and roughly mapped by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928-30. Named by US-ACAN for John F. Rigby, geologist at McMurdo Station, summer 1965-66.

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