Colline Ippolito
| Colline Ippolito | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| part of | Transantarctic Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 74 ° 19 ′ S , 165 ° 5 ′ E | |
| surface | 1.12 km² | |
The Colline Ippolito ( Italian ) are unrecycled and up to 150 m high hills on the Borchgrevink coast of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . They tower over an area of 1.12 km² on the eastern slope of Mount Melbourne .
Italian scientists named it after the Italian geologist Felice Ippolito (1915–1997), Vice-President of the National Antarctic Scientific Committee of Italy.
Web links
- Ippolito, Colline in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)