Mineral Hill
| Mineral Hill | ||
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| height | 445 m | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 63 ° 28 ′ 48 ″ S , 57 ° 3 ′ 6 ″ W | |
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The Mineral Hill (German: Mineralhügel ) is a 445 m high hill with a rounded summit on the Tabarin Peninsula in the north of Graham Land on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises 2.5 km west of Trepassey Bay . Its flanks are free of ice and covered with rubble .
The hill was probably first sighted during the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901–1903) under the direction of Otto Nordenskjöld . Scientists from the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey carried out an initial mapping in 1946 and named the mound after the reddish mineral that gives the mound its distinctive color.
Web links
- Mineral Hill in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mineral Hill on geographic.org (English)