Lucifer Hill
Lucifer Hill | ||
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Candlemas Island (right) with Lucifer Hill |
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height | 232 m | |
location | Candlemas Island ( South Sandwich Islands ) | |
Coordinates | 57 ° 4 '56 " S , 26 ° 44' 26" W | |
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The Lucifer Hill (English for Lucifer hill is) a 232 m high and active Stratovolcano with reddish and sulfur criss ash on Candlemas Iceland in the archipelago of South Sandwich Islands . It represents the dominant elevation in the northern part of the island.
At the time of the survey work aboard the ship HMS Protector in 1964, it was one of the most active volcanic formations on the South Sandwich Islands. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1971.
Web links
- Lucifer Hill in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Lucifer Hill on geographic.org (English)