Gorodkov Hill

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Gorodkov Hill
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height 356  m
location Enderbyland , East Antarctica
Mountains Gory Konovalova
Coordinates 67 ° 46 ′ 0 ″  S , 45 ° 48 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 67 ° 46 ′ 0 ″  S , 45 ° 48 ′ 0 ″  E
Gorodkov Hill (Antarctica)
Gorodkov Hill

Gorodkov Hill ( English ; Russian Гора Городкова Gora Gorodkowa ) is a 356  m high hill on the coast of the East Antarctic Enderbyland . It is the largest of the Gory Konovalova at the head of Freeth Bay .

Aerial photographs were taken in 1957 as part of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions and in 1962 during a Soviet Antarctic expedition . Participants in the latter research trip named him after the botanist Boris Nikolajewitsch Gorodkow (1890-1953). The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia translated this designation into English.

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