Higgins Canyon (84°47′S 114°41′W / 84.783°S 114.683°W / -84.783; -114.683) is a steep-sided, ice-filled canyon immediately east of Schulthess Buttress, on the north side of Buckeye Table in the Ohio Range of the Horlick Mountains in Antarctica. It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Merwyn D. Higgins, a geologist with the Ohio State University expedition to the Horlick Mountains in 1961–62.[1]

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  1. ↑ "Higgins Canyon". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2012-06-16.

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