Touchdown Hills

Touchdown Hills (78°7′S 35°0′W) 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.

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