Name details

Spheroid Hill

Spheroid Hill (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Spheroid Hill  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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New Zealand Gazetteer Id 114432

Feature type: Hill (2b)

Origin

This name originates from New Zealand. It is part of the New Zealand Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

A mostly ice-free summit (1,230m) 1 mi E of Ellipsoid Hill, on the N side of Blue Glacier in Victoria Land. The name is one of a group in the area associated with surveying applied in 1993 by NZGB. Named from spheroid (sometimes referred to as an ellipsoid), a mathematical figure formed by revolving an ellipse about its minor axis.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
77° 47' 00.0" S
-77.78333°
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Longitude:
163° 56' 00.0" E
163.93333°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
Unknown
Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1992

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