Robinson Heights in Antarctica () is the mainly ice-covered heights (2,170 m), elliptical in plan and 15 nautical miles (28 km) long, which rise south of
Anare Pass
Anare Pass () is a broad ice-covered pass in Antarctica at above sea level. The pass is the highest point on the glaciers that delimit the south side of the Anare Mountains, separating the latter from the Admiralty Mountains and the Concord Mounta ...
and form the northwest end of the
Admiralty Mountains
The Admiralty Mountains (alternatively Admiralty Range) is a large group of high mountains and individually named ranges and ridges in northeastern Victoria Land, Antarctica. This mountain group is bounded by the Ross Sea, the Southern Ocean, and ...
. It was mapped by the
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
U.S. Navy
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photography, 1960–63, and was named by the
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
Edwin S. Robinson, a
United States Antarctic Research Program
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(USARP) geophysicist at
McMurdo Sound
McMurdo Sound is a sound in Antarctica. It is the southernmost navigable body of water in the world, and is about from the South Pole.
Captain James Clark Ross discovered the sound in February 1841, and named it after Lt. Archibald McMurdo o ...
in 1960. He participated in a number of geophysical traverses, including his leadership of the
South Pole Station Traverse
South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west.
Etymology
The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþaz ...
, 1962–63.
Mountains of Victoria Land
Pennell Coast
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