Mount Nipha
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 Map of White Island (top right) with Mount Nipha |
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| height | 762 m | |
| location | White Island , Ross Archipelago | |
| Coordinates | 78 ° 9 ′ 0 ″ S , 167 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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Mount Nipha is a 762 m high hill on White Island in the Antarctic Ross Archipelago . It rises in the center of the island.
Participants in a 1958 to 1959 campaign as part of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition named it after the ancient Greek word νίφα ( nipha ) for ice and snow that surrounds the hill.
Web links
- Mount Nipha in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Nipha on geographic.org (English)