Touchdown Hills
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| location | Coatsland , East Antarctica | |
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| Coordinates | 78 ° 18 ′ S , 34 ° 46 ′ W | |
The Touchdown Hills are up to 500 m high and snow-covered hills in the Prince Regent Luitpold Land of the East Antarctic Coatsland . They tower south of the Vahsel Bay .
It was named in 1957 by participants in the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-1958). It was named after the unintentional landing gear of a Twin Otter equipped with skis after the pilot mistakenly mistaken the hills for a cloud formation.
Web links
- Touchdown Hills in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Touchdown Hills on geographic.org (English)