Buchanan Hills

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The Buchanan Hills ( 79°39′S82°55′W / 79.650°S 82.917°W / -79.650; -82.917 Coordinates: 79°39′S82°55′W / 79.650°S 82.917°W / -79.650; -82.917 ) are a cluster of rugged hills standing north of Union Glacier and between the Collier Hills and the Nimbus Hills, in the Heritage Range. They were named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Roger Buchanan, United States Antarctic Research Program biologist in Antarctica in the 1964–65 season.

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Union Glacier glacier in Antarctica

Union Glacier, is a large, heavily crevassed glacier which receives the flow of several tributaries and drains through the middle of the Heritage Range, Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica. The glacier drains from the plateau at Edson Hills on the west side of the range and flows east between Pioneer Heights and Enterprise Hills. Union Glacier was mapped by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy (USN) air photos, 1961-66. The name was applied by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in association with the name Heritage Range.

Nimbus Hills is a rugged line of hills and peaks about 14 nautical miles (26 km) long, forming the southeast part of Pioneer Heights in the Heritage Range, Ellsworth Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from ground surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1961-66. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after the National Aeronautics and Space Administration weather satellite, Nimbus, which took photographs of Antarctica from approximately 500 nautical miles (900 km) above earth on September 13, 1964.

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