Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR)
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in the framework of the SCAR Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SCAGI)
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| Post Office Hill (NZL) | 77° 28' 00.0" S | 169° 14' 00.0" E | Hill |
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Name ID: 114140
Place ID: 11508
A prominent hill, 400m high, overlooking the Adelie Penguin rookery at Cape Crozier, Ross Island, and approximately four miles north-east of The Knoll, and half a mile inland from the coast. A survey station was established in the 1958-59 season by the NZGSAE. Named because the "Discovery" left messages attached to a pole in a cairn of rocks in the rookery, for the relief ship "Morning". The hill is dome-shaped and resembles the old type of post office box. Name suggested by Mr E B Fitzgerald of the NZGASE, 1958-59. |
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| Post Office Hill (USA) | 77° 28' 00.0" S | 169° 14' 00.0" E | Hill |
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Name ID: 130290
Place ID: 11508
Prominent hill, 430 m, standing 4 mi NW of The Knoll and overlooking the Adelie penguin rookery of Cape Crozier, Ross Island. Mapped and so named by the NZGSAE, 1958-59, because the ship Discovery, in January 1902, left messages attached to a pole in a cairn of rocks in the rookery for the relief ship Morning. |
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