Todd Hill (Ross Island)
| Todd Hill | ||
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| height | 500 m | |
| location | Ross Island ( Ross Archipelago , Antarctica ) | |
| Coordinates | 77 ° 31 ′ 0 ″ S , 169 ° 16 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Todd Hill is a turn 500 m high hill on the Antarctic Ross Island . It rises 3 km west-northwest of the hill The Knoll and 2 km north-northeast of Bomb Peak not far from Cape Crozier at the eastern end of the island. It essentially consists of a volcanic cone made of white trachyte , which is covered by a thin layer of black moraine debris.
Scientists from a 1958-1959 campaign of the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition (NZGSAE) named him. It is named after the New Zealand mountaineer Colin Todd from Dunedin , who advised the NZGSAE on technical issues and who died in a motorcycle accident in his hometown in 1955 at the age of 28.
literature
- John Stewart: Antarctica - An Encyclopedia . Vol. 2, McFarland & Co., Jefferson and London 2011, ISBN 978-0-7864-3590-6 , p. 1576 (English).
Web links
- Todd Hill in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)