Ant Hill
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Ant Hill is a hill, 1310 metres (4,297.9 ft) high, rising steeply on the west side of the Skelton Glacier
between Ant Hill Glacier
and Dilemma Glacier
. It was surveyed and named in 1957 by the New Zealand
party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
, 1956–58. So named by geological members because of the prominent anticline
in the bluff below the hill.
Skelton Glacier
Skelton Glacier is a large glacier flowing from the polar plateau into the Ross Ice Shelf at Skelton Inlet on the Hillary Coast, south of Victoria Land, Antarctica.-Discovery and naming:...
between Ant Hill Glacier
Ant Hill Glacier
Ant Hill Glacier is a glacier in Antarctica, between Ant Hill and Bareface Bluff, rising in the Worcester Range and flowing northeast into Skelton Glacier. It was surveyed and named, in association with Ant Hill, in 1957 by the New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition,...
and Dilemma Glacier
Dilemma Glacier
Dilemma Glacier is a steep, broken glacier descending from the Worcester Range into the west side of Skelton Glacier to the north of Ant Hill. Mapped and named in 1957 by the New Zealand party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1956-58. So named because of difficulties encountered by...
. It was surveyed and named in 1957 by the New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
The 1955–58 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition was a Commonwealth-sponsored expedition that successfully completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica, via the South Pole...
, 1956–58. So named by geological members because of the prominent anticline
Anticline
In structural geology, an anticline is a fold that is convex up and has its oldest beds at its core. The term is not to be confused with antiform, which is a purely descriptive term for any fold that is convex up. Therefore if age relationships In structural geology, an anticline is a fold that is...
in the bluff below the hill.