Thala Hills
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Thala Hills is a low, rounded coastal hills between Freeth
and Spooner Bay
s in Enderby Land
. The hills were plotted from air photos taken by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) in 1956. Named by ANCA for the ship Thala Dan
in which ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions
) visited the hills in February 1961.
Freeth Bay
Freeth Bay is a 5 mi wide bay on the coast of Enderby Land, Antarctica, lying 12 mi west of Spooner Bay in Alasheyev Bight. Plotted from air photos taken by Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions in 1956. First visited by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions under...
and Spooner Bay
Spooner Bay
Spooner Bay is a 6 mi wide bay on the coast of Enderby Land, lying 12 miles east of Freeth Bay in Alasheyev Bight. Plotted from air photos taken by Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions in 1956. First visited by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions under D.F....
s in Enderby Land
Enderby Land
Enderby Land is a projecting land mass of Antarctica, extending from Shinnan Glacier at to William Scoresby Bay at .Enderby Land was discovered in February 1831 by John Biscoe in the whaling brig Tula, and named after the Enderby Brothers of London, owners of the Tula, who encouraged their...
. The hills were plotted from air photos taken by Antarctic Names Committee of Australia (ANCA) in 1956. Named by ANCA for the ship Thala Dan
Thala Dan
MV Thala Dan was one of a fleet of icebreaking cargo-passenger ships operated by the Danish J. Lauritzen A/S Lines, and chartered to, inter alia, ANARE...
in which ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions
Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions
The Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions is the historical name for the Australian Antarctic Program administered for Australia by the Australian Antarctic Division .-The ANARE Name:...
) visited the hills in February 1961.