Cinder Hill
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 Topographic map of Ross Island with Cinder Hill (top left) |
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| height | 305 m | |
| location | Ross Island ( Ross Archipelago , Antarctica ) | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 17 ′ 0 ″ S , 166 ° 26 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Type | volcano | |
The Cinder Hill ( German slag hill ) is a 305 m high and jagged volcanic cone on the Antarctic Ross Island . It consists of layers of red basalt slag interspersed with olivine nodules and lies between the Harrison Stream and the Wilson Stream on the ice-free lower western slopes of Mount Bird .
It was mapped and named descriptively as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (1958–1959).
Web links
- Cinder Hill in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cinder Hill on geographic.org (English)