Salmon Hill
| Salmon Hill | ||
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| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Denton Hills , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 78 ° 8 ′ 0 ″ S , 163 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Salmon Hill ( English salmon hill ) is a hill in the Denton Hills of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises between the Salmon and Blackwelder glaciers .
Frank Debenham , a participant in the Terra Nova Expedition (1910–1913) led by British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott , named it after its salmon-colored rock.
Web links
- Salmon Hill in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Salmon Hill on geographic.org (English)