Name details

Terrapin Hill

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

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

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United States Gazetteer Id 132585

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

Rounded, reddish-colored hill, 545 m high, standing at the S end of The Naze, a peninsula of northern James Ross Island, close S of Trinity Peninsula. This area was first explored by the SwedAE, 1901-04, under Nordenskjold. Terrapin Hill was first charted by the FIDS, 1945, who in 1948 applied this name which is descriptive of its shape.

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Location

Latitude:
63° 58' 00.0" S
-63.96667°
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Longitude:
57° 32' 00.0" W
-57.53333°
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Altitude:
545 m
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Map

Source

Location Method:
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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-1952

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