Cope Hill
| Cope Hill | ||
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| location | Marie Byrd Land | |
| Mountains | Kohler Range | |
| Coordinates | 75 ° 7 '0 " S , 114 ° 47' 0" W | |
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| Normal way | Alpine tour (glaciated) | |
The Cope Hill is a hill in the West Antarctic Marie Byrd Land . It rises 1.5 km west of Manfull Ridge on the north side of the Kohler Range .
The United States Geological Survey mapped it based on its own surveys and aerial photographs of the United States Navy from 1959 to 1966. The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named him in 1976 after Lieutenant Winston Cope of the US Navy Reserve Forces, who was a doctor in 1974 Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station .
Web links
- Cope Hill in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Cope Hill on geographic.org (English)