Cerro Selknam
| Cerro Selknam | ||
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| height | 50 m | |
| location | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Coordinates | 62 ° 28 ′ 18 ″ S , 60 ° 47 ′ 24 ″ W | |
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The Cerro Selknam is a 50 m high hill on the Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It rises immediately west of the Paso Ancho , south of the Valle Largo and 0.6 km east of the Playa Golondrina on the west side of Cape Shirreff , the northern end of the John Paul II peninsula .
Scientists of the 45th Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1990–1991) named it in memory of the Selk'nam people who lived in Tierra del Fuego until the first half of the 20th century .
Web links
- Selknam, Cerro in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and Spanish)