North Gneiss

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North Gneiss
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height 260  m
location Signy Island , South Orkney Islands
Mountains Gneiss Hills
Coordinates 60 ° 43 ′ 21 ″  S , 45 ° 38 ′ 18 ″  W Coordinates: 60 ° 43 ′ 21 ″  S , 45 ° 38 ′ 18 ″  W
North Gneiss (South Orkney Islands)
North Gneiss

The North Gneiss is a 260  m high hill with a flattened summit on Signy Island in the archipelago of the South Orkney Islands . It is the north of the two Gneiss Hills .

The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey carried out surveys between 1947 and 1950. Aerial photographs were taken in 1968 by the Royal Navy . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2004.

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