Gneiss Hills
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| location | Signy Island , South Orkney Islands | |
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| Coordinates | 60 ° 44 ′ S , 45 ° 39 ′ W | |
The Gneiss Hills are two prominent, 260 m and 270 m high hills in the southern part of Signy Island in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . They tower on the west flank of the McLeod Glacier .
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey named it in 1947 when it was surveyed after a ribbon of pink gneiss near its summit.
Web links
- Gneiss Hills in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Gneiss Hills on geographic.org (English)