Alexander Hill
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Alexander Hill is a 220 metres (721.8 ft) hill with a prominent seaward cliff face, lying south of Harrison Stream
and Cinder Hill
on the lower ice-free west slopes of Mount Bird
, Ross Island
, Antarctica. It was mapped by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
, 1958–59, and named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee
for B.N. Alexander, a surveyor with the expedition.
Harrison Stream
Harrison Stream is a small stream flowing west between Trachyte and Cinder Hills to the north end of Romanes Beach on Ross Island. Mapped by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition , 1958-59. Named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee for J. Harrison,...
and Cinder Hill
Cinder Hill
Cinder Hill is a prominent dissected volcano, high, consisting of layers of red basalt scoria and cinders and abundant olivine nodules, standing between Harrison Stream and Wilson Stream on the ice-free lower west slopes of Mount Bird, Ross Island. It was mapped and descriptively named by the New...
on the lower ice-free west slopes of Mount Bird
Mount Bird
Mount Bird is a stratovolcano, high, standing about 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. Shell Glacier and Endeavour Piedmont Glacier...
, Ross Island
Ross Island
Ross Island is an island formed by four volcanoes in the Ross Sea near the continent of Antarctica, off the coast of Victoria Land in McMurdo Sound.-Geography:...
, Antarctica. It was mapped by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition
The New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition describes a series of scientific explorations of the continent Antarctica. The expeditions were notably active in 1957-58 and again in 1958-59. The 1957-58 expedition went to the Ross Dependency and named the Borchgrevink Glacier...
, 1958–59, and named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee
New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee
New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee is an adjudicating committee established to authorize the naming of features in the Ross Dependency on the Antarctic continent. It is composed of the members of the New Zealand Geographic Board plus selected specialists on Antarctica...
for B.N. Alexander, a surveyor with the expedition.