The boil
| The boil | ||
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| height | 2300 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 74 ° 9 ′ 0 ″ S , 161 ° 32 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Boil (English for Die Beule ) is a snow-covered hill at over 2300 m in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises with prominent rocky outcrops 6 km east of the Shepard cliff on the northeast side of the Reeves firn field .
The formation got its descriptive name from the southern group of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition , which it visited in December 1962.
Web links
- The Boil in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- The Boil on geographic.org (English)