Mandolin Hills
| Mandolin Hills | ||
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| location | Palmerland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| part of | Traverse Mountains | |
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| Coordinates | 69 ° 54 ′ S , 67 ° 21 ′ W | |
The Mandolin Hills are a group of up to 300 m high Nunatakker in the northwestern Palmerland on the Antarctic Peninsula . They tower 14 km east of Mount Noel in the Traverse Mountains .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named them descriptively in 1977 because they are reminiscent of a mandolin .
Web links
- Mandolin Hills in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mandolin Hills on geographic.org (English)