San Fernando Hill
| San Fernando Hill | ||
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| height | 650 m | |
| location | James Ross Island ( Ross Islands , West Antarctica ) | |
| Coordinates | 63 ° 56 '52 " S , 58 ° 17' 47" W | |
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The San Fernando Hill ( Spanish Cerro San Fernando , in Chile Cerro Benavides ) is a 650 m high hill on the West Antarctic James Ross Island . It rises northeast of Matkah Point .
Argentine scientists named it in 1979 in the course of geological work. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee translated this designation into English in 1988. The namesake of the Chilean name is Pedro Benavides Becerra from the Fuerza Aérea de Chile , participant in the 21st Chilean Antarctic Expedition (1966–1967).
Web links
- San Fernando Hill in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- San Fernando Hill on geographic.org (English)