Tortoise Hill
| Tortoise Hill | ||
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| height | 505 m | |
| location | James Ross Island ( Ross Islands , West Antarctica ) | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 21 '55 " S , 57 ° 29' 38" W | |
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The Tortoise Hill ( English for turtle hill ) is a 505 m high hill in the southwest of the West Antarctic James Ross Island . It rises 5 km west of The Watchtower rock massif .
The Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey carried out surveys between 1958 and 1961. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1964 because of its similar geological structure to Terrapin Hill (English for pond turtle hill ) in the northeast of the island.
Web links
- Tortoise Hill in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Tortoise Hill on geographic.org (English)