Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
Collated by Programma Nazionale di Ricerche in Antartide (Italy)
in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
Vantage Hill (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Vantage Hill (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Hill
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 flat-topped hill, c.2080 m above sea level and 300 m above the surrounding plateau, standing 18km southwest of Mount Henderson in the western part of Britannia Range. Feature depicted on: NZ AntTopo50-MP04
The feature was the most southerly point reached by the Darwin Glacier Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) (1957-58), who gave it this name because of the splendid view it afforded.
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