Hill, Mount (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)
Mount Hill (The name as it would appear on a map)
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Feature type: Mountain
This name originates from United Kingdom. It is part of the Gazetteer of the British Antarctic Territory and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
Names that other countries have for this feature:
rising to 900m on Imshaug Peninsula, Black Coast, SW of Cape Sharbonneau, was photographed from the air and roughly mapped from the ground by USAS in 1940, when because of poor visibility it was thought to be a cape, marking the S limit of Lehrke Inlet (q.v.), and Cape Sharbonneau was thought to be an island; named Cape Hill after Archie C. Hill, cook at USAS "East Base" (USAAF chart [LR-74], 1942); following survey by FIDS-RARE from "Stonington Island" in November 1947, renamed Mount Hill (Ronne, 1949, map p.249; APC, 1955, p.12; DCS 601 sheet 70 60, 1955; BAS 250 sheet SR 19-20/12, 1-DOS 1976). Cabo Hill (Argentina. MM chart 110, 1949). Monte Hill (Argentina. MM chart N-"P"-1, 1952; Chile. IHA, 1974, p.153). Monte Colina [translation of English personal name] (Argentina. MM chart 121, 1954). Gora Khill (Soviet Union. MMF chart, 1961). The mountain was photographed from the air by USN in 1966 and resurveyed from the ground by BAS from "Stonington Island" in 1973.
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