Cerro Kaweshkar
| Cerro Kaweshkar | ||
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| location | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Coordinates | 62 ° 28 ′ 0 ″ S , 60 ° 47 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Cerro Kaweshkar is a hill on the Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It rises north of the Paso Estrecho near the west bank of Cape Shirreff at the northern end of the John Paul II peninsula .
Scientists of the 45th Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1990–1991) named it after the Kawesqar people from southern Chile .
Web links
- Kaweshkar, Cerro in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and Spanish)