Queen Sofia Mount
| Queen Sofia Mount | ||
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| height | 274 m | |
| location | Livingston Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Coordinates | 62 ° 40 '13 " S , 60 ° 22' 35" W | |
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The Queen Sofia Mount ( English ; Spanish Monte Reina Sofia ) is a 274 m high mountain on Livingston Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It rises 1.3 km south to west of Ballester Point , 2.24 km southwest of Charrúa Ridge , 2.85 km west of Napier Peak , 2.8 km northwest of Moore Peak and 0.8 km south-southeast of the Spanish Juan Carlos -I. Station on.
Spanish scientists mapped it in 1991 and named it after the Spanish Queen Sophia (* 1938). The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee translated the name into English in 2003
Web links
- Queen Sofia Mount in the Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica (English and Spanish)