Tiger Hill (Antarctica)
| Tiger Hill | ||
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| height | 620 m | |
| location | Victoria Land , East Antarctica | |
| Mountains | Mountaineer Range , Transantarctic Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 73 ° 29 ′ 7 ″ S , 167 ° 12 ′ 59 ″ E | |
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The Tiger Hill is a hill in the Mountaineer Range of the East Antarctic Victoria Land . It rises in the southwest section of Spatulate Ridge on the Borchgrevink coast . Its southwest and northeast flanks are steep, while it slopes more gently to the southeast towards Apostrophe Island in Lady Newnes Bay .
Scientists from an Italian Antarctic expedition that ran from 1996 to 1997 discovered it. It is named after the banding of its rock, which is reminiscent of a tiger skin .
Web links
- Tiger Hill in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)