Inclusion Hill

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Inclusion Hill (

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77°15′S 166°26′E / 77.250°S 166.433°E / -77.250; 166.433Coordinates: 77°15′S 166°26′E / 77.250°S 166.433°E / -77.250; 166.433) 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]

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

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