Bastion Hill () is a prominent ice-free feature in the
Brown Hills
The Brown Hills () are a group of mainly snow-free hills in the Cook Mountains of Antarctica.
Location
The Brown Hills lie north of the lower reaches of Darwin Glacier.
They are north of Diamond Hill and are adjacent to Diamond Glacier, a d ...
of
Antarctica
Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest contine ...
, rising to and projecting southward into
Darwin Glacier just east of
Touchdown Glacier. The descriptive name, the hill supposedly suggesting a
bastion
A bastion or bulwark is a structure projecting outward from the curtain wall of a fortification, most commonly angular in shape and positioned at the corners of the fort. The fully developed bastion consists of two faces and two flanks, with fi ...
, was given by the Darwin Glacier Party of the
Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition
The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (CTAE) of 1955–1958 was a Commonwealth-sponsored expedition that successfully completed the first overland crossing of Antarctica, via the South Pole. It was the first expedition to reach the South ...
(1956–58).
Localities
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Relief Pass
Relief Pass () is a pass, about 1,000 m high, situated 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of Bastion Hill in the Brown Hills. Explored by the Victoria University of Wellington Antarctic Expedition The Antarctic Research Centre (ARC) is part of t ...
References
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Hills of Oates Land
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