Samarang Hill
| Samarang Hill | ||
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| height | 112 m | |
| location | McDonald Island ( Heard and McDonald Islands ) | |
| Coordinates | 53 ° 2 '17 " S , 72 ° 35' 53" E | |
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The Samarang Hill is an approximately 112 m high and prominent hill on McDonald Iceland in the southern Indian Ocean .
Scientists from a 1980 campaign by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions set up a surveying station at the top of the hill . It is named after the ship Samarang , with which Captain William McDonald discovered the McDonald Islands on January 4, 1854 .
Web links
- Samarang Hill in the directory of the Australian Antarctic Data Center (English)