Hargrave Hill
| Hargrave Hill | ||
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| height | 950 m | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 0 ′ 44 ″ S , 60 ° 8 ′ 1 ″ W | |
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The Hargrave Hill is a 950 m high hill on the Davis Coast of Graham Lands on the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises 3 km northeast of the confluence of the Henson Glacier in the Wright Piedmont Glacier .
Aerial photos by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. from 1955 to 1957 were used to map it. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named the mountain on September 23, 1960 after the British-Australian inventor and aviation pioneer Lawrence Hargrave (1850-1915), who began developing the box kite in 1893 .
Web links
- Hargrave Hill in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Hargrave Hill on geographic.org (English)