Chopin Hill

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Chopin Hill
Topographic map of the Beethoven Peninsula with Chopin Hill (center)

Topographic map of the Beethoven Peninsula with Chopin Hill (center)

height 600  m
location Alexander I Island , West Antarctica
Coordinates 71 ° 39 ′ 16 ″  S , 73 ° 49 ′ 32 ″  W Coordinates: 71 ° 39 ′ 16 ″  S , 73 ° 49 ′ 32 ″  W
Chopin Hill (Antarctic Peninsula)
Chopin Hill

The Chopin Hill is a 600  m high and snowy hills on the West Antarctic Alexander Island . It rises 3 km southwest of Mount Schumann on the Beethoven peninsula .

Aerial photographs of the American Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (1947-1948) were used in 1960 by the British geographer Derek Searle from the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey for mapping. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it on March 2, 1961 after the Polish-French composer Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849).

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