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 Antarcti ...

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 descendin ...

and Scott Glacier and extending from the vicinity of

Mount Thorne Mount Thorne () is a prominent 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 1929 by the Byrd Anta ...

on the northwest to Mount Dietz on the southeast. They were discovered by Rear Admiral

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on the

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

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geological parties to this area in 1929 and 1934. They were named by Byrd for Will H. Hays, former head of the

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Key features

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

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, 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 * Mount Armstrong * Mount Astor * Mount Borcik * Mount Colbert * Mount Crockett * Mount Dayton * Mount Dietz * Mount Gevers * Mount Goodale *

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) ge ...

* 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 ...

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

References

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