Mount Hodson
| Mount Hodson | ||
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 Visokoi Island with Mount Hodson |
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| height | 1005 m | |
| location | Visokoi Island ( South Sandwich Islands ) | |
| Coordinates | 56 ° 42 '49 " S , 27 ° 12' 55" W | |
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Mount Hodson is a 1005 m (according to other sources 915 m ) high stratovolcano on Visokoi Island in the archipelago of the South Sandwich Islands . It is the central massif of the island.
It was discovered in 1819 during the first Russian Antarctic expedition (1819-1821) under the direction of Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen . British Discovery Investigations scientists did the mapping and naming in 1930. It is named after Arnold Wienholt Hodson (1881–1944), Governor of the Falkland Islands from 1927 to 1931.
Web links
- Mount Hodson in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Mount Hodson on geographic.org (English)