The Carlstrom Foothills are a group of peaks and ridges running north-south between Mount Albert Markham and Kelly Plateau

Kelly Plateau

Kelly Plateau is an ice-covered plateau, about 15 nautical miles long and from 2 to 4 nautical miles wide, located on the east side of the Churchill Mountains between the lower parts of Jorda and Flynn Glaciers. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Commander George R. Kelly, U.S....

 in the Churchill Mountains

Churchill Mountains

The Churchill Mountains is a mountain range bordering the western side of the Ross Ice Shelf between Byrd Glacier and Nimrod Glacier in Antarctica...

. The feature is 10 miles (16.1 km) long with summits rising to 1690 metres (5,544.6 ft). They were named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names

The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...

 after John Carlstrom

John Carlstrom

John E. Carlstrom is an American astrophysicist, and Professor, Departments of Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Physics, at the University of Chicago....

 of the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago

University of Chicago

The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...

; Projects Director, Center for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica at South Pole Station from 2001.