Hays Mountains is a large group of mountain

Mountain

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s of the Queen Maud Mountains

Queen Maud Mountains

The Queen Maud Mountains are a major group of mountains, ranges and subordinate features of the Transantarctic Mountains, lying between the Beardmore and Reedy Glaciers and including the area from the head of the Ross Ice Shelf to the polar plateau in Antarctica...

, surmounting the divide between the lower portions of Amundsen

Amundsen Glacier

Amundsen Glacier is a major Antarctic glacier, about 6 to 10 km wide and 128 km long, originating on the polar plateau where it drains the area to the south and west of Nilsen Plateau, and descending through the Queen Maud Mountains to enter the Ross Ice Shelf just west of the...

 and Scott Glacier

Scott Glacier (Transantarctic Mountains)

The Scott Glacier is a major glacier, 120 miles long, that drains the East Antarctic Ice Sheet through the Queen Maud Mountains to the Ross Ice Shelf...

s and extending from the vicinity of Mount Thorne

Mount Thorne

Mount Thorne is a prominent peak, 1,465 m, rising on the east flank of Amundsen Glacier, 6 nautical miles northwest of Mount Goodale, in the Hays Mountains of the Queen Maud Mountains. Discovered in December 1929 by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition geological party under Laurence Gould, and named...

 on the northwest to Mount Dietz

Mount Dietz

Mount Dietz is a mountain, 2,250 m, just north of the confluence of Souchez and Bartlett Glaciers where it marks the south limit of Hays Mountains in the Queen Maud Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by Advisory Committee on...

 on the southeast. Discovered by R. Admiral Byrd

Richard Evelyn Byrd

Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, Jr., USN was a naval officer who specialized in feats of exploration. He was a pioneering American aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics...

 on the South Pole

South Pole

The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole or Terrestrial South Pole, is one of the two points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects its surface. It is the southernmost point on the surface of the Earth and lies on the opposite side of the Earth from the North 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

Will H. Hays

William Harrison Hays, Sr. , was the namesake of the Hays Code for censorship of American films, chairman of the Republican National Committee and U.S. Postmaster General from 1921 to 1922....

, former head of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America.

Mount Astor

Mount Astor

Mount Astor is a prominent peak, high, standing north of Mount Bowser in the Hays Mountains of the Queen Maud Mountains. It was discovered by Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd on the Byrd Antarctic Expedition flight of November 1929 to the South Pole, and named by him for Vincent Astor,...

, a prominent peak in the range, was named by R. Admiral Byrd for Vincent Astor

Vincent Astor

William Vincent Astor was a businessman and philanthropist and a member of the prominent Astor family.-Early life:...

, of the Astor family

Astor family

The Astor family is a Anglo-American business family of German descent notable for their prominence in business, society, and politics.-Founding family members:...

, for his philanthropic contributions to the 1929 expedition.