Crimson Hill
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 Map of Deception Island with Crimson Hill |
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| height | 95 m | |
| location | Deception Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Coordinates | 62 ° 56 '20 " S , 60 ° 35' 48" W | |
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The Crimson Hill (English for Carmine Hill ) is a striking, ice-free and 95 m high hill on Deception Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It rises on the south side of Pendulum Cove .
The British navigator Henry Foster mapped and named it in 1829 during his Antarctic expedition, which lasted from 1828 to 1831. The name is given by a crimson band in the rock of the hill.
Web links
- Crimson Hill in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Crimson Hill on geographic.org (English)