Deacon Hill (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Deacon Hill (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Hill (2b)
This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
Conspicuous ice-covered peak, 330 m, on the divide between Bridger Bay and Norway Bight in the W part of Coronation Island, in the South Orkney Islands. First seen in 1821 by Capt. Nathaniel Palmer and Capt. George Powell on the occasion of their joint cruise, and roughly charted on Powell's map published in 1822. Recharted in 1933 by DI personnel on the Discovery II, who named it for George E.R. Deacon, member of the hydrological staff of the Discovery Committee.
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