Petrel Hill
| Petrel Hill | ||
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| height | 35 m | |
| location | George V Land , East Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 67 ° 0 ′ 40 " S , 142 ° 40 ′ 55" E | |
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The Petrel Hill (English for Petrel hill is) an approximately 35 m high hill on the East Antarctic Georg V. Coast . It rises 925 m east-southeast of the largest of the Mawson's Huts between Low Lake and East Lake on Cape Denison .
The Australian polar explorer Douglas Mawson named him during the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-1914). The official recognition of this designation took place on March 7, 1991 by the Antarctic Names Committee of Australia .
Web links
- Petrel Hill in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 2, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , pp. 1208-1209 (English).