Spheroid Hill

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Spheroid Hill (

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77°47′S 163°56′E / 77.783°S 163.933°E / -77.783; 163.933Coordinates: 77°47′S 163°56′E / 77.783°S 163.933°E / -77.783; 163.933) is a mostly ice-free summit (1,230 m) 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) east of Ellipsoid Hill, on the north side of Blue Glacier in Victoria Land. The name is one of a group in the area associated with surveying applied in 1993 by New Zealand Geographic Board (NZGB). Named from spheroid (sometimes referred to as an ellipsoid), a mathematical figure formed by revolving an ellipse about its minor axis.

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