Chester Cone
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 Map of the Byers Peninsula ( Livingston Island ) with the Chester Cone |
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| height | 188 m | |
| location | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Coordinates | 62 ° 38 ′ 7 ″ S , 61 ° 5 ′ 3 ″ W | |
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The Chester Cone is a 188 m high and conical hill in the west of Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It looms in the center of the Byers Peninsula .
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it on July 7, 1959 after Captain Chester of the Essex sealer , who was part of the Stonington , Connecticut fleet that operated in the waters around the South Shetland Islands from 1821 to 1822.
Web links
- Chester Cone in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Chester Cone on geographic.org (English)