Inclusion Hill

Inclusion Hill (77°15′S 166°26′E) is a prominent steeply conical hill, 335 metres (1,100 ft) high, between McDonald Beach and the Mount Bird icecap on Ross Island, Antarctica. It is a trachyte plug, in parts containing numerous inclusions of basalt. The hill was explored and descriptively named by the New Zealand Geological Survey Antarctic Expedition, 1958–59.[1]

References
  1. "Inclusion Hill". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-07-06.

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