Turner Hills is a group of hills between Astro Glacier

Astro Glacier

Astro Glacier is a glacier in Antarctica, between the Turner Hills and Tricorn Peak in the Miller Range, flowing northeast into the Marsh Glacier. It was seen by the northern party of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition and so named because an astronomical station was set up on...

 and Nimrod Glacier

Nimrod Glacier

The Nimrod Glacier is a major glacier about 135 km long, flowing from the polar plateau in a northerly direction through the Transantarctic Mountains between the Geologists and Miller Ranges, then northeasterly between the Churchill Mountains and Queen Elizabeth Range, and finally spilling...

 in the northwest part of the Miller Range

Miller Range

The Miller Range is a mountain range extending south from Nimrod Glacier for along the western edge of the Marsh Glacier in Antarctica. Named for J.H. "Bob" Miller, a member of the New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition who, with G.W. Marsh, mapped this area....

. Mapped by the United States Geological Survey

United States Geological Survey

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 (USGS) from tellurometer surveys and Navy air photos, 1960-62. 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 Dr. Mort D. Turner of the National Science Foundation

National Science Foundation

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 who has been Program Manager

Program Manager

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 for Polar Earth Sciences, Division of Polar Programs, since 1959. Turner studied the geology of the dry valley

Valley

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 areas near 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...

, 1959–60, and in several subsequent seasons served as United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) Representative in Antarctica.