Simoom Hill
| Simoom Hill | ||
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| height | 640 m | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Mountains | Relay Hills | |
| Coordinates | 69 ° 27 '25 " S , 67 ° 54' 22" W | |
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The Simoom Hill is a 640 m high hill on the Fallières coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises 3 miles east of Mount Edgell as one of the Relay Hills .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1977 after the Samum ( English Simoom ), the name for a sandstorm in the North African-Arab region.
Web links
- Simoom Hill in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Simoom Hill on geographic.org (English)