Hays Mountains
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Hays Mountains () is a large group of mountains and peaks of the Queen Maud Mountains, surmounting the divide between the lower portions of Amundsen and Scott Glaciers and extending from the vicinity of Mount Thorne on the northwest to Mount Dietz on the southeast. Discovered by R. Admiral Byrd on the South Pole flight of November 28-29, 1929, and mapped in part by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological parties to this area in 1929 and 1934. Named by Byrd for Will H. Hays, former head of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America.
References
- Query form for Antarctica. Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. (public domain source for article).
