Lancaster Hill
| Lancaster Hill | ||
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| height | 600 m | |
| location | Grahamland , Antarctic Peninsula | |
| Coordinates | 65 ° 21 ′ 8 ″ S , 63 ° 58 ′ 13 ″ W | |
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The Lancaster Hill is an approximately 600 m high hill at the Graham Coast of Graham lands north of the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises on the south side of the confluence of the Trooz Glacier in the Collins Bay .
A first survey of the hill was made by participants of the Fifth French Antarctic Expedition (1908-1910) under the direction of polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot . The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1959 after the English navigator James Lancaster (1554-1618), who in 1601 was the first ship's crew to prescribe the regular consumption of fruit juice to avoid scurvy .
Web links
- Lancaster Hill in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Lancaster Hill on geographic.org (English)