The Blob (hill)
| The blob | ||
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| location | Siple Island , Marie Byrd Land | |
| Coordinates | 73 ° 24 ′ 0 ″ S , 124 ° 56 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Blob (English for the lumps is) a marked and almost completely snow-covered hill on the Siple Island off the coast of the West Antarctic Marie Byrd lands . It rises halfway between Thurston Glacier and Armor Inlet on the island's north coast.
The United States Geological Survey mapped it using aerial photographs taken by the United States Navy during Operation Highjump (1946–1947) in January 1947. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names gave the hill its descriptive name in 1967.
Web links
- The Blob in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- The Blob on geographic.org (English)