Name details
Boulder Hill
Boulder Hill (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Boulder Hill (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Hill
Origin
This name originates from Australia. It is part of the Australian Antarctic Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Narrative
A big hill (158.0 m) that overlooks the eastern end of Crooked Lake, in the Vestfold Hills. The summit is probably the highest isolated rock feature in the Vestfold Hills. A survey station NM/S 261 (a brass pin in the rock) was established in January 1979.
Named For
A huge boulder lies perched some 50-100 m south-east of the station mark. It measures approximately 4 m high by 3 m long by 3 m wide and is conspicuously silhouetted from almost all aspects.
Location
Images
©Nathan Saunders 2009
- Catalogue id
- IA21851
- Caption
- Boulder Hill, Vestfold Hills. Taken from helicopter at height of 1200 feet. Looking East.
- Photographer
- Saunders, Nathan
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