Pisagua Hill
| Pisagua Hill | ||
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| height | 180 m | |
| location | Deception Island ( South Shetland Islands ) | |
| Coordinates | 62 ° 55 ′ 29 " S , 60 ° 40 ′ 34" W | |
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The Pisagua Hill is about 60 m high hill on Deception Iceland in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It rises between Lake Ajmonecat and Telefon Bay and was formed between 1967 and 1969 as a result of volcanic eruptions . The hill belongs to Antarctic Specially Protected Area # 140.
The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named him in 2010 after the whaling ship Pisagua the Norwegian whaling entrepreneur Lars Christensen , the on January 27, 1913 before Deception Iceland havariert was.
Web links
- Pisagua Hill in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English)