Macaroni Hill
| Macaroni Hill | ||
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| height | 40 m | |
| location | McDonald Island ( Heard and McDonald Islands ) | |
| Coordinates | 53 ° 2 '5 " S , 72 ° 35' 57" E | |
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The Macaroni Hill is a turn 40 m high hill on McDonald Iceland in the southern Indian Ocean . It rises on the northern edge of the island.
The hill is named after a neighboring colony of golden crested penguins ( English Macaroni penguin ), which in 1980 numbered around 40,000 individuals and which disappeared as a result of a volcanic eruption in 2003.
Web links
- Macaroni Hill in the directory of the Australian Antarctic Data Center (English)