Simoom Hill
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Simoom Hill () is an one of the Relay Hills, rising to 640 m, 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Mount Edgell in western Antarctic Peninsula. Named in 1977 by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in association with other wind names in the area. Simoom is the warm south wind that blows off the Arabian Desert.
This article incorporates text from Simoom Hill, in the Geographic Names Information System, operated by the United States Geological Survey, and therefore a public domain work of the United States Government.
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