Beaumont Hill
| Beaumont Hill | ||
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| height | 350 m | |
| location | Liège Island , Palmer Archipelago , West Antarctica | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 0 ′ 45 ″ S , 62 ° 0 ′ 1 ″ W | |
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The Beaumont Hill is a 350 m high hill on the west side of Liège Iceland in the Palmer Archipelago west of the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises 7 km northeast of Chauveau Point .
The hill was mapped in 1959 using aerial photographs by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. from 1956 to 1957. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it after the US surgeon William Beaumont (1785–1853), who researched human digestion .
Web links
- Beaumont Hill in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Beaumont Hill on geographic.org (English)