Hughes Basin [SEP] continent
Hughes Basin
Hughes Basin () is a large basinlike névé in the Britannia Range of Antarctica which is bounded except to the south by the Ravens Mountains, Mount Henderson, Mount Olympus and Mount Quackenbush. The feature is long and the ice surface descends north–south from near Mount Olympus to near Darnell Nunatak, where there is discharge to Byrd Glacier. It was named after Terence J. Hughes of the Department of Geological Sciences and the Institute of Quaternary Studies at the University of Maine, Orono, who made an intensive study
- Brigadier William Donovan Stamer (Nov 1941 – May 1942)
- Brigadier Francis E.C. Hughes (May 1942 – Jul 1942)
- Lieutenant-Colonel D Barker (Jul 1942 – Jul 1943)
- Brigadier Dermot Warren (Jul 1943 – Sep 1944)
- Brigadier Robert G.C. Poole (Sep 1944 – Mar 1945)
- Brigadier E.H.W. "Harry" Grimshaw CB CBE DSO (Mar 1945 – Aug 1945)
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