Terrapin Hill
| Terrapin Hill | ||
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| height | 545 m | |
| location | James Ross Island ( Ross Islands , West Antarctica ) | |
| Coordinates | 63 ° 57 '50 " S , 57 ° 32' 31" W | |
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The Terrapin Hill ( English for diamond turtle hill ) is a rounded and reddish colored hill in the north of the Antarctic James Ross Island . It rises 545 m high in the south of the peninsula The Naze .
The area was first explored during the Swedish Antarctic Expedition (1901–1903) under the direction of polar explorer Otto Nordenskjöld . The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey carried out an initial mapping in 1945 and named the hill in 1948 based on its external shape. A geological equivalent of this hill can be found in Tortoise Hill in the southeast of the island.
Web links
- Terrapin Hill in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Terrapin Hill on geographic.org (English)