Hughes Point
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Hughes Point is a steep rock point on the west side of the terminus of Exum Glacier
, in the Jones Mountains
. Mapped by the University of Minnesota-Jones Mountains Party, 1960–61, and named by them for Wayne B. Hughes, Asst. United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) Representative at McMurdo Station
, 1960–61.
Exum Glacier
Exum Glacier is a small glacier in Antarctica, flowing north between Hughes Point and Bonnabeau Dome, in the Jones Mountains. Mapped by the University of Minnesota-Jones Mountains Party, 1960-61. Named by the party for Glenn Exum, mountaineer, who provided training in rock and ice climbing for the...
, in the Jones Mountains
Jones Mountains
The Jones Mountains are an isolated group of mountains, trending generally east-west for 43 km , situated on the Eights Coast, Ellsworth Land, about 80 km south of Dustin Island...
. Mapped by the University of Minnesota-Jones Mountains Party, 1960–61, and named by them for Wayne B. Hughes, Asst. United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) Representative at McMurdo Station
McMurdo Station
McMurdo Station is a U.S. Antarctic research center located on the southern tip of Ross Island, which is in the New Zealand-claimed Ross Dependency on the shore of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica. It is operated by the United States through the United States Antarctic Program, a branch of the National...
, 1960–61.