Vetrov Hill
| Vetrov Hill | ||
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| height | 21 m | |
| location | Queen Marie Land , East Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 66 ° 34 ′ 0 ″ S , 92 ° 58 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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The Vetrov Hill ( Russian Сопка Ветров Sopka Wetrow ) is a 21 m high hill on the coast of the East Antarctic Queen Marie Land . It rises up on the east side of the entrance to McDonald Bay .
Aerial photographs of the US American Operation Highjump (1946–1947) were used to map it. In 1956, Soviet scientists carried out a new mapping and naming with the research ship Lena . This is either descriptive and translated means something like "Windy Hill", or was based on Alexander Ivanovich Wetrow, the then captain of the Lena . The Antarctic Names Committee of Australia translated the Russian name into English in 1960.
Web links
- Vetrov Hill in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Vetrov Hill on geographic.org (English)