Lucifer Hill

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Lucifer Hill
Candlemas Island (right) with Lucifer Hill

Candlemas Island (right) with Lucifer Hill

height 232  m
location Candlemas Island ( South Sandwich Islands )
Coordinates 57 ° 4 '56 "  S , 26 ° 44' 26"  W Coordinates: 57 ° 4 '56 "  S , 26 ° 44' 26"  W
Lucifer Hill (South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands)
Lucifer Hill

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.

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