Alexander 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.Places of Interest
Highlights: Romanes Beach and Cinder Hill.
Alexander Hill
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 220 metres
- Description: Cliff face on Ross Island, Antarctica
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-77.27492° or 77° 16′ 30″ south
Longitude
166.39224° or 166° 23′ 32″ east
Elevation
220 metres (722 feet)
Named after
B.N. Alexander
Open location code
2VJ8P9GR+2V
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Alexander Hill” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Alexander Hill”
- Chinese: “亞歷山大山”
- Dutch: “Alexander Hill”
- German: “Alexander Hill”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Alexander Hill”
- Swedish: “Alexander Hill”
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