The Northern Foothills are separated from the rest of the Deep Freeze Range by the Browning Pass.
The Campbell Glacier Tongue reaches into Terra Nova Bay to the east of the north end of the foothills. Gerlache Inlet lies between the foothills and the ice tongue.
At the southern end of the foothills, Hells Gate separates the foothills from Inexpressible Island to the southwest.
The mouth of the Priestley Glacier flows past the western side of the foothills, merging into the Nansen Ice Sheet.[2]
Northern Foothills between ice shelf and sea in south center of map
Features of the Northern Foothills, from north to south, include Mount Browning, Mount Abbot, Cape Canwe, Vegetation Island, Cape Confusion, Hells Gate, Hells Gate Moraine, Evans Cove and Cape Russell.[2]
74°42′S163°50′E / 74.700°S 163.833°E / -74.700; 163.833.
A mountain 1,020 metres (3,350 ft) high, which stands 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) northeast of Cape Canwe and is the highest point in the Northern Foothills.
Mapped by the Northern Party of the BrAE, 1910-13, and named for Petty Officer George P. Abbott, RN, a member of the expedition.[4]
Cape Canwe
74°43′S163°41′E / 74.717°S 163.683°E / -74.717; 163.683.
A high rock bluff 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) north of Vegetation Island, forming the west extremity of the Northern Foothills.
First explored and named by the Northern Party of the BrAE, 1910-13.
The name arose from seeing this feature a long way off and wondering whether they could reach it.[5]
Vegetation Island
Vegetation Island in 2018
74°47′S163°37′E / 74.783°S 163.617°E / -74.783; 163.617.
A narrow island lying 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) north of Inexpressible Island and just west of the Northern Foothills.
Discovered by the Northern Party of the BrAE, 1910-13, who named it because the rocks were densely covered with lichens.[6]
74°51′S163°48′E / 74.850°S 163.800°E / -74.850; 163.800.
A narrows located near the east edge of the Nansen Ice Sheet, lying just north of Evans Cove between Inexpressible Island and the Northern Foothills.
First explored and mapped by the Northern Party of the BrAE, 1910-13, who gave the feature this expressive name.[8]
74°52′S163°48′E / 74.867°S 163.800°E / -74.867; 163.800.
The glacial moraine at Hells Gate, at the head of Evans Cove.
The moraine extends southward to Hells Gate from nearby Vegetation Island and Cape Confusion.
Mapped and named by the Northern Party of BrAE, 1910-13, in association with Hells Gate.[8]
Zucchelli Station, an Italian seasonal research station at Terra Nova Bay on a granitic headland along the coast of the Northern Foothills to the north-east of Gerlache Inlet.
