Cerro Copihue
| Cerro Copihue | ||
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| height | 40 m | |
| location | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Coordinates | 62 ° 28 ′ 1 ″ S , 60 ° 46 ′ 20 ″ W | |
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The Cerro Copihue is a 40 m high hill on Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . On the east side of Cape Shirreff , the northern end of the John Paul II peninsula , it rises at Playa Copihue .
Scientists of the 45th Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1990–1991) named it after the name of the beach of the same name. It is named after the copihue ( Chilean wax bell ), the flower in the Chilean national coat of arms .
Web links
- Copihue, Cerro in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and Spanish)