The Hillary Montes or are a mountain range that reach 3.5 km above the surface of the dwarf planet Pluto. They are located northwest of Tenzing Montes in the southwest border area of Sputnik Planitia
The Hillary Montes as viewed by New Horizons on 14 July 2015
Pluto – Hillary Montes and Tenzing Montes (context; 14 July 2015)
Hillary Montes and Tenzing Montes (context; 14 July 2015)
Hillary Montes and Tenzing Montes on Pluto (context; 14 July 2015).
Sir Edmund Percival Hillary was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist. On 29 May 1953, he and Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount E
Hillary Montes
…Hillary Montes were first viewed by the New Horizons spacecraft on 14 July 2015, and announced by NASA on 24 July 2015. The mountains are named after Sir Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer, who, along with Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay, were the first climbers to reach the summit of Mount Everest on…
Hillary's mother Gertrude Clark, 1909
Hillary in Royal New Zealand Air Force uniform at Delta Camp, near Blenheim, New Zealand, during World War II
Portrait of Hillary, Australia, July 1953