Diamond Hill (Antarctica)
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Topographic map sheet with Diamond Hill (bottom center) |
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height | 1350 m | |
location | Ross Dependency , Antarctica | |
Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
Coordinates | 79 ° 52 ′ 0 ″ S , 159 ° 9 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) |
The Diamond Hill (English for Diamond Hill is) a striking, round 1350 m high and snow-free hills at the Hillary Coast in the Antarctic Ross Dependency . It rises ten miles east of Bastion Hill on the northern flank of the lower section of Darwin Glacier .
The team to explore the Darwin Glacier in the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958) gave it its descriptive name based on its shape, which is reminiscent of a diamond .
Web links
- Diamond Hill in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Diamond Hill on geographic.org (English)