Abercrombie Crests

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Abercrombie Crests (81°0′S, 160°9′E) is a cluster of rock summits rising to 1259 m in the north part of Darley Hills, Churchill Mountains. The feature is 9 miles (14 km) south-southeast of Mount Deleon. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Thomas J. Abercrombie of the National Geographic Magazine Foreign Editorial Staff, 1957-90, who was on assignment in Antarctica, 1957-58. One of several features in Darley Hills that are named for NGM staff.

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