Catacomb Hill

Catacomb Hill (78°4′S 163°25′E / 78.067°S 163.417°ECoordinates: 78°4′S 163°25′E / 78.067°S 163.417°E) is a prominent rock peak, 1,430 metres (4,700 ft) high, on the ridge that borders the east side of the head of Blue Glacier, in Victoria Land. The New Zealand Blue Glacier Party of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1956–58) established a survey station on its summit in December 1957. They gave it this descriptive name from the spectacular cavernous weathering occurring in the granite of the peak, suggestive of catacombs.

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•  This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Catacomb Hill" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).