The Marble Hills () are a group of mainly ice-free hills in
West Antarctica
West Antarctica, or Lesser Antarctica, one of the two major regions of Antarctica, is the part of that continent that lies within the Western Hemisphere, and includes the Antarctic Peninsula. It is separated from East Antarctica by the Transant ...
. They are located on the west side of
Horseshoe Valley Horseshoe Valley may refer to:
* Horseshoe Valley (Antarctica)
* Horseshoe Valley (Peleliu)
* Horseshoe Valley (Missouri)
* Horseshoe Valley (North Dakota)
* Horseshoe Valley (Nebraska)
* Horseshoe Valley, North Dakota
* Horseshoe Resort
Ho ...
, between the
Liberty Hills and
Independence Hills
The Independence Hills () are a line of rugged hills and peaks, long, with mainly bare rock eastern slopes. They lie southeast of the Marble Hills and form the southern segment of the west wall of Horseshoe Valley, in the Heritage Range of Antar ...
in the southern part of the
Heritage Range
The Heritage Range is a major mountain range, long and wide, situated southward of Minnesota Glacier and forming the southern half of the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. The range is complex, consisting of scattered ridges and peaks of mod ...
,
Ellsworth Mountains
The Ellsworth Mountains are the highest mountain ranges in Antarctica, forming a long and wide chain of mountains in a north to south configuration on the western margin of the Ronne Ice Shelf in Marie Byrd Land. They are bisected by Minnesota ...
. The hills were named by the
University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Tw ...
Ellsworth Mountains Party, 1962–63, because the rocks in these hills are composed of
marble
Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals, most commonly calcite or Dolomite (mineral), dolomite. Marble is typically not Foliation (geology), foliated (layered), although there are exceptions. In geology, the ...
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Features
Geographical features include: