Gamma Hill

Gamma Hill (63°34′S 56°47′W) is a distinctive ice-covered hill on Tabarin Peninsula, Antarctica, rising more than 300 metres (980 ft) on the shore of Fridtjof Sound.[1] Is is an inferred volcanic vent of the James Ross Island Volcanic Group.[2]

The name arises from the intensive geophysical work carried out in this part of Tabarin Peninsula by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1959–60.[1]

References
  1. "Gamma Hill". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-04-16.
  2. "Geological Map of James Ross Island" (PDF). Retrieved 2020-03-23.

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