Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Fitzgerald Hill (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Fitzgerald Hill (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Hill (2b)
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:
A glaciated hilll about 230m high of basalt and red basalt agglomerate lying between the southernmost Adelie Penguin rookery and the edge of the ice cap on the ice-free lower western slopes of Mt Bird. To the south it slopes to Shell Glacier and to the north to Fitzgerald Stream. The geologists fo the Cape Bird Party of the NZGSAE, 1958-59, explored this area, and the feature was naemd by the NZ Antarctic Place Names Committee for E B Fitzgerald, Deputy-Leader of the expedition.
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