Simoom Hill

Simoom Hill

Simoom Hill (coord|69|28|S|67|56|W|) is 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.


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