⛰️ Touchdown Hills

Antarctica · Antarctica · 78.12°S, 35.00°W

Touchdown Hills 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.

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Quick facts

Country	Antarctica
Continent / region	Antarctica
Coordinates (approx.)	78.12°S, 35.00°W · view on map

Touchdown Hills is located in Antarctica, in Antarctica.

More hills in Antarctica

Achilles Heel (hill) · Acuña Rocks · Adams Rocks · Aerodromnaya Hill · Ahlstad Hills · Akebono Rock · Al'bov Rocks · Alcorta Rocks · Alcyone Cone · Alexander Cone.

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