Mount Hawkes
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Mount Hawkes is the highest mountain
(1,975 m) along the Washington Escarpment
, standing at the east side of Jones Valley
in the Neptune Range
, Pensacola Mountains
. Discovered and photographed on January 13, 1956 in the course of the trans-Antarctic nonstop plane flight by personnel of U.S. Navy Operation Deep Freeze I from McMurdo Sound
to the Weddell Sea
and return. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
(US-ACAN) for Commander William M. Hawkes, U.S. Navy, co-pilot of the P2V-2N Neptune aircraft making this flight. Hawkes Heights
is also named for CAPT Hawkes, who was assigned to Air Development Squadron Six (VX-6
) in 1955-56.
Mountain
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(1,975 m) along the Washington Escarpment
Washington Escarpment
Washington Escarpment is the major west-facing escarpment of the Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains, extending some 50 miles and being the point of origin of a number of west-trending rock ridges. Mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956-66...
, standing at the east side of Jones Valley
Jones Valley
Jones Valley is a snow-covered valley between West Prongs and Elliott Ridge in southern Neptune Range, Pensacola Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1956-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant James G.L. Jones,...
in the Neptune Range
Neptune Range
The Neptune Range is a mountain range, long, lying WSW of Forrestal Range in the central part of the Pensacola Mountains in Antarctica. The range is composed of Washington Escarpment with its associated ridges, valleys and peaks, the Iroquois Plateau, and the Schmidt and Williams Hills...
, Pensacola Mountains
Pensacola Mountains
The Pensacola Mountains are a large group of mountain ranges and peaks in Antarctica, extending 450 km in a NE-SW direction, comprising the Argentina Range, Forrestal Range, Dufek Massif, Cordiner Peaks, Neptune Range, Patuxent Range, Rambo Nunataks and Pecora Escarpment...
. Discovered and photographed on January 13, 1956 in the course of the trans-Antarctic nonstop plane flight by personnel of U.S. Navy Operation Deep Freeze I from McMurdo Sound
McMurdo Sound
The ice-clogged waters of Antarctica's McMurdo Sound extend about 55 km long and wide. The sound opens into the Ross Sea to the north. The Royal Society Range rises from sea level to 13,205 feet on the western shoreline. The nearby McMurdo Ice Shelf scribes McMurdo Sound's southern boundary...
to the Weddell Sea
Weddell Sea
The Weddell Sea is part of the Southern Ocean and contains the Weddell Gyre. Its land boundaries are defined by the bay formed from the coasts of Coats Land and the Antarctic Peninsula. The easternmost point is Cape Norvegia at Princess Martha Coast, Queen Maud Land. To the east of Cape Norvegia is...
and return. Named by 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...
(US-ACAN) for Commander William M. Hawkes, U.S. Navy, co-pilot of the P2V-2N Neptune aircraft making this flight. Hawkes Heights
Hawkes Heights
Hawkes Heights is the heights that dominate the south part of Coulman Island and mark the island's summit, in the Ross Sea. Named by New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition , 1958–59, for Captain William M. Hawkes, U.S...
is also named for CAPT Hawkes, who was assigned to Air Development Squadron Six (VX-6
VX-6
Air Development Squadron Six was a United States Navy Air Development Squadron based at McMurdo Station, Antarctica...
) in 1955-56.