Mariner Hill
| Mariner Hill | ||
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| height | 500 m | |
| location | Alexander I Island , West Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 71 ° 51 '54 " S , 68 ° 16' 38" W | |
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The Mariner Hill is a striking, snow-free, conical and around 500 m high hill on the east coast of the West Antarctic Alexander I Island . It rises halfway between Syrtis Hill and the Two Step Cliffs .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1993 after the Mariner 9 spacecraft , which was the first to orbit the planet Mars in 1971 .
Web links
- Mariner Hill in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mariner Hill on geographic.org (English)