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Location of Patriot Hills in Western Antarctica.
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Antarctic Field Camps. Patriot Hills, Antarctica.

Patriot Hills (80°20′S 81°25′W / 80.333°S 81.417°W / -80.333; -81.417) is a line of rock hills 5 nautical miles (9 km) long, located 3 nautical miles (6 km) east of the north end of Independence Hills in Horseshoe Valley, Heritage Range, Western Antarctica.[1]

To the north of Patriot Hills (in their slipstream) there is an approximately 2x8 km large blue ice rink, a snow-free surface that can be used as a landing strip for large aircraft including C130 and Ilyushin Il-76 .[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference GNIS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ National Science Foundation: INITIAL ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION DEVELOPMENT OF BLUE-ICE AND COMPACTED-SNOW RUNWAYS IN SUPPORT OF THE U.S. ANTARCTIC PROGRAM. 9. April 1993.

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