Coral Hill
| Coral Hill | ||
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| height | 850 m | |
| location | Viktorialand , Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Keble Hills , Denton Hills , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 78 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ S , 164 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Coral Hill ( English for coral hill ) is a 850 m high hill in East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises half a mile east of Auger Hill in the Keble Hills on the Scott Coast .
The New Zealand Geographic Board named it descriptive in 1994. It is named after the fragile rock structures on the hill, created by wind erosion , which are reminiscent of finely feathered corals.
Web links
- Coral Hill in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Coral Hill on geographic.org (English)