Vestfold Hills
The Vestfold Hills are rounded, rocky, coastal hills, 512 square kilometres in extent, on the north side of Sorsdal Glacier on the Ingrid Christensen Coast of Princess Elizabeth Land, Antarctica.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hill with an elevation of 159 metres
- Description: mountain range
- Also known as: “Vestfold”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Club Lake and Jabs, Lake.
Club Lake
Lake
Club Lake is a glacial saltwater lake in the central part of Breidnes Peninsula in the Vestfold Hills of Princess Elizabeth Land in Antarctica. The lake is 1.5 nautical miles long and its irregular shape resembles a club which is elongated northeast–southwest.
Jabs, Lake
Lake
Lake Jabs is a small lake next east of Club Lake in the central part of Breidnes Peninsula, Vestfold Hills, Antarctica. The area was photographed by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump, Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions and the Soviet Antarctic Expedition.
Medusa Lake
Lake
The Medusa Lake is a slightly brackish lake on the Ingrid Christensen Coast of the Princess Elizabeth Land in East Antarctica. In the Vestfold Hills, the lake is located east of the Ephyra Lake, with which the lake is temporarily connected via a 1 m wide and 0.5 m deep canal. Medusa Lake is situated 3 km south of Vestfold Hills.
Vestfold Hills
- Categories: mountain range, Antarctic oasis, and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Vestfold Hills” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Vestfold Hills”
- Chinese: “韋斯特福爾山脈”
- French: “Collines de Vestfold”
- German: “Vestfoldberge”
- Hebrew: “גבעות וסטפולד”
- Italian: “Vestfold Hills”
- Japanese: “ヴェストフォール丘陵”
- Latvian: “Vestfollas pakalni”
- Macedonian: “Вестфолски Ридови”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vestfold Hills”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Vestfold Hills”
- Norwegian: “Vestfold Hills”
- Polish: “Oaza Vestfold”
- Swedish: “Vestfold Hills”
- Swedish: “Vestfoldbergen”
- Venetian: “Vestfold Hills”
- Yue Chinese: “韋斯特福爾山脈”
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Highlights include Trident Lake and Tassie Lake.
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