Herrington Hill
| Herrington Hill | ||
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| height | 200 m | |
| location | Lavoisier Island ( West Antarctica ) | |
| Coordinates | 66 ° 14 '59 " S , 66 ° 42' 12" W | |
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The Herrington Hill is a turn 200 m high hill on the east side of Lavoisier Island in the archipelago of Biscoe Islands off the west coast of the West Antarctic Graham Lands . It rises about 8 km south of Benedict Point .
It was mapped during the Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (1956–1957). The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1960 after the US physiologist Lovic P. Herrington (1906-1991), who studied the influence of cold on the human body.
Web links
- Herrington Hill in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Herrington Hill on geographic.org (English)