Edda Hill

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Edda Hill
height 302  m
location South Georgia
Coordinates 54 ° 17 ′ 46 ″  S , 36 ° 16 ′ 0 ″  W Coordinates: 54 ° 17 ′ 46 ″  S , 36 ° 16 ′ 0 ″  W
Edda Hill (South Georgia)
Edda Hill

The Edda Hill is a 302  m high and prominent hill on South Georgia in the South Atlantic . It rises west of Horseshoe Bay and northeast of Lake Aviemore on the Barff Peninsula .

The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 2014 after the whaler Edda , which was one of the first ships to operate from Godthul Bay .

Web links

  • Edda Hill . Entry in the database of the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (English)