The Hays Mountains () are a large group of mountains and peaks of the

Queen Maud Mountains The Queen Maud Mountains are a major group of mountains, ranges and subordinate features of the Transantarctic Mountains, lying between the Beardmore and Reedy Glaciers and including the area from the head of the Ross Ice Shelf to the Antarctic P ...

of Antarctica, surmounting the divide between the lower portions of

Amundsen Glacier Amundsen Glacier () is a major Antarctic glacier, about 7 to 11 km (4 to 6 nmi) wide and 150 km (80 nmi) long, originating on the polar plateau where it drains the area to the south and west of Nilsen Plateau, and descending ...

and Scott Glacier and extending from the vicinity of

Mount Thorne Mount Thorne () is a prominent summit (topography), peak, 1,465 m, rising on the east flank of Amundsen Glacier, 6 nautical miles (11 km) northwest of Mount Goodale, in the Hays Mountains of the Queen Maud Mountains. Discovered in December 19 ...

on the northwest to

Mount Dietz Mount Dietz () is a mountain in Antarctica, high, just north of the confluence of Souchez Glacier and Bartlett Glacier where it marks the southern limit of the Hays Mountains in the Queen Maud Mountains. It was mapped by the United States Geologi ...

on the southeast. They were discovered by Rear Admiral

Richard E. Byrd Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957) was an American naval officer and explorer. He was a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the highest honor for valor given by the United States, and was a pioneering American aviator, p ...

on the

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flight of November 28–29, 1929, and mapped in part by the

Byrd Antarctic Expedition Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957) was an American naval officer and explorer. He was a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the highest honor for valor given by the United States, and was a pioneering American aviator, p ...

geological parties to this area in 1929 and 1934. They were named by Byrd for

Will H. Hays William Harrison Hays Sr. (; November 5, 1879 – March 7, 1954) was an American Republican politician. As chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1918–1921, Hays managed the successful 1920 presidential campaign of Warren G. Ha ...

, former head of the

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Key features

Mount Astor Mount Astor is a prominent peak, high, standing north of Mount Bowser in the Hays Mountains of the Queen Maud Mountains. It was discovered by Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd on the Byrd Antarctic Expedition flight of November 1929 to the South ...

, a prominent peak in the range, was named by Byrd for

Vincent Astor William Vincent Astor (November 15, 1891 – February 3, 1959) was an American businessman, philanthropist, and member of the prominent Astor family. Early life Called Vincent, he was born in New York City on November 15, 1891. Astor was the eld ...

, of the

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, for his philanthropic contributions to the 1929 expedition.

Features

Geographical features include:

* Cappellari Glacier * Cox Peaks * Dragons Lair Névé * Fission Wall * Forbidden Valley * Heinous Peak *

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 ...

* Mount Armstrong *

Mount Borcik Mount Borcik () is a prominent mountain, high, standing north-northwest of Mount Dietz in the southern Hays Mountains of the Queen Maud Mountains. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1 ...

Mount Colbert Mount Colbert () is a mountain rising to , east of Mount Borcik and south-southwest of Mount Stump in the southeast Hays Mountains, Queen Maud Mountains. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names in association with Mount Stum ...

Mount Crockett Mount Crockett () is a prominent peak in Antarctica, high, standing east of Mount Astor in the Hays Mountains of the Queen Maud Mountains. It was discovered by members of the geological party under Laurence Gould during the Byrd Antarctic Expedi ...

* Mount Dayton *

* Mount Gevers *

Mount Goodale Mount Goodale () is a mountain with double summits, high, standing southeast of Mount Thorne in the Hays Mountains of the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica. It was discovered in December 1929 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party u ...

Mount Griffith Mount Griffith () is a mountain, standing north-northeast of Mount Vaughan in the Hays Mountains of the Queen Maud Mountains of Antarctica. It was first observed and roughly mapped in December 1929 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition (ByrdAE) geol ...

* Mount Stump *

Mount Vaughan Mount Vaughan is a prominent peak, 3,140 m, standing 4 miles (6 km) south-southwest of Mount Griffith on the ridge at the head of Vaughan Glacier, in the Hays Mountains of the Queen Maud Mountains. Named for Norman D. Vaughan, dog driver wi ...

* Mount Walshe * Scott Glacier * Sledging Col * Souchez Glacier *

Vaughan Glacier Vaughan Glacier () is a tributary glacier, 10 nautical miles (18 km) long, draining eastward from Mount Vaughan to enter Scott Glacier just south of Taylor Ridge, in the Hays Mountains of the Queen Maud Mountains. It was mapped by the United ...

References

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