Edinburgh Hill

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Edinburgh Hill
Edinburgh Hill (center right)

Edinburgh Hill (center right)

height 120  m
location Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands
Coordinates 62 ° 32 ′ 30 ″  S , 60 ° 1 ′ 8 ″  W Coordinates: 62 ° 32 ′ 30 ″  S , 60 ° 1 ′ 8 ″  W
Edinburgh Hill (South Shetland Islands)
Edinburgh Hill

The Edinburgh Hill is a 120  m high and prominent hill of volcanic origin in eastern Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It forms the north side of the entrance to Moon Bay .

Scottish geologist David Ferguson photographed the hill during his stay in Antarctica from 1913 to 1914 and named it after the Scottish capital Edinburgh . Although scientists from the British Discovery Investigations renamed it High Point in 1935 , this name did not prevail.

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