Name StatusOfficial ValidatedFeatureHillNZ Gazette Reference2012 (53) p.1477DatumRSRGD2000GeoTag[1] PositionDescriptionA trachyte dome, 180m high, directly behind Cape Spirit, named from a fossiliferous comglomerate on top of the hill, which contains Chlamys (Zygochlamys) Anderssoni (Hennig), a Chlamid lamellibranch commonly called scallops. Named by the NZGSAE, 1958-59, and the name is used in a MS on the fossiliferous conglomerate and is the basis of a new formation name (Scallop Hill Formation).
