Sagittate Hill

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Sagittate Hill
height 850  m
location Victoria Land , East Antarctica
Mountains Asgard Range , Transantarctic Mountains
Coordinates 77 ° 31 ′ 0 ″  S , 162 ° 58 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 77 ° 31 ′ 0 ″  S , 162 ° 58 ′ 0 ″  E
Sagittate Hill (Antarctica)
Sagittate Hill

The Sagittate Hill ( English for arrow-shaped hill ) is a largely ice-free and 850  m high hill in East Antarctic Victoria Land . In the Asgard Range, it looms on the west side of Flint Ridge .

The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names gave it a descriptive name in 1997 because the shape of the hill is reminiscent of an arrowhead .

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