Antarctica

Observation Hill

Observation Hill is a steep 754-foot hill adjacent to in and commonly called "Ob Hill". It is frequently climbed to get good viewing points across the continent.
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Photo: Gmarsden, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 230 metres
  • Description: hill in Ross Island, Antarctica
  • Also known as: “Ob Hill”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gap, The and Chapel of the Snows.

Mountain saddle
Hut Point Peninsula is a long, narrow peninsula from 2 to 3 nautical miles wide and 15 nautical miles long, projecting south-west from the slopes of on , Antarctica. and are Antarctic research stations located on the Hut Point Peninsula.

Church
Photo: Alan Light, CC BY 2.0.
The is a non-denominational Christian church at the United States' on , Antarctica. Initially built from scrap material in 1956, it burned down in 1978 and was rebuilt in 1989.

Volcano
Hut Point Peninsula is a long, narrow peninsula from 2 to 3 nautical miles wide and 15 nautical miles long, projecting south-west from the slopes of on , Antarctica. and are Antarctic research stations located on the Hut Point Peninsula.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include McMurdo Station and Fortress Rocks.

Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
The Ross Sea in is the world's most southerly sea. It's ice-bound for much of the year, but at the height of summer ships can cautiously enter.

Locality
Photo: Eli Duke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hut Point Peninsula is a long, narrow peninsula from 2 to 3 nautical miles wide and 15 nautical miles long, projecting south-west from the slopes of on , Antarctica. and are Antarctic research stations located on the Hut Point Peninsula.

Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a research station at on near in New Zealand's Ross Dependency territorial claim.

Observation Hill

Latitude
-77.85212° or 77° 51′ 8″ south
Longitude
166.69446° or 166° 41′ 40″ east
Elevation
230 metres (755 feet)
Open location code
2VJ84MXV+5Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4244029090
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
6622527
Wiki­data ID
Q2748084
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Satellite Map

Discover Observation Hill from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Observation Hill” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Observation Hill”
  • Chinese: “觀測山”
  • Dutch: “Observation Hill”
  • French: “Observation Hill”
  • German: “Observation Hill”
  • Hausa: “Gidan kallo (McMurdo Station)”
  • Hausa: “Gidan kallo”
  • Macedonian: “Набљудувачки Рид”
  • Macedonian: “Набљудувачкиот рид (Антартик)”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Observation Hill”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Observation Hill ved McMurdo Station”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Observation Hill”
  • Norwegian: “Observation Hill”
  • Persian: “آبزرویشن هیل”
  • Portuguese: “Observation Hill”
  • Spanish: “Colina Observación de la Base McMurdo”
  • Swedish: “Observation Hill (kulle i Antarktis)”
  • Swedish: “Observation Hill”

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