Touchdown Hills

Touchdown Hills (

78°7′S 35°0′W / 78.117°S 35.000°W / -78.117; -35.000Coordinates: 78°7′S 35°0′W / 78.117°S 35.000°W / -78.117; -35.000) is a group of snow-covered hills extending south from Vahsel Bay on the east side of the Filchner Ice Shelf. So named by the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition in 1957 because one of the expedition members, while piloting a plane fitted with skis, mistook these hills for clouds and hit them, bounding upwards undamaged.

See also[]

• Grand Chasms

References[]

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document: "Touchdown Hills". (content from the Geographic Names Information System)