Trachyte Hill
Mount Bird is a 1,765 metres high shield volcano standing about 7 nautical miles south of Cape Bird, the northern extremity of Ross Island. It was mapped by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, under Robert Falcon Scott, and apparently named by them after Cape Bird.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cinder Hill and Harrison Bluff.
Cinder Hill
Peak
Mount Bird is a 1,765 metres high shield volcano standing about 7 nautical miles south of Cape Bird, the northern extremity of Ross Island. It was mapped by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, under Robert Falcon Scott, and apparently named by them after Cape Bird.
Harrison Bluff
Cliff
Mount Bird is a 1,765 metres high shield volcano standing about 7 nautical miles south of Cape Bird, the northern extremity of Ross Island. It was mapped by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, under Robert Falcon Scott, and apparently named by them after Cape Bird.
Fitzgerald Hill
Peak
Mount Bird is a 1,765 metres high shield volcano standing about 7 nautical miles south of Cape Bird, the northern extremity of Ross Island. It was mapped by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, under Robert Falcon Scott, and apparently named by them after Cape Bird.
Trachyte Hill
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 466 metres
- Description: hill in Antarctica
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Antarctica
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-77.26666° or 77° 16′ southLongitude
166.43984° or 166° 26′ 23″ eastElevation
466 metres (1,529 feet)Open location code
2VJ8PCMQ+8WOpenStreetMap ID
node 9099483038OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Trachyte Hill” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Trachyte Hill”
- Chinese: “特拉赫特山”
- Dutch: “Trachyte Hill”
- German: “Trachyte Hill”
- Hebrew: “גבעת טרכייט”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Trachyte Hill”
- Swedish: “Trachyte Hill”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Alexander Hill and Romanes Beach.
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