Name details

Hespérides Hill

Hespérides Hill (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Hespérides Hill  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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United States Gazetteer Id 126487

Feature type: Hill (2b)

Origin

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:

Narrative

The ridge linked by a saddle of elevation 52 m with the northern slopes of Atlantic Club Peak in Eastern Livingston Island. Surmounting the South Bay coast N of Johnsons Dock to the SW, and Bulgarian Beach to the NE. Bounded to the SW by Sea Lion Glacier. Extending 420 m in SSE-NNW direction, 250 m wide and narrowing toward NNW. Hespérides Hill has two heights, 94 and 63 m, the latter surmounting Herpérides Point. The summit is located 665 m SW of Sinemorets Hill and 510 m NW by N of Atlantic Club Peak. Snow free in the summer months. The feature takes its name from the adjacent Hespérides Point.

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Location

Latitude:
62° 38' 00.0" S
-62.63333°
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Longitude:
60° 22' 00.0" W
-60.36667°
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Altitude:
Not recorded
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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
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Source Person:
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Source Publisher:
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Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1997

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