Shamrock Hill
| Shamrock Hill | ||
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| location | Visokoi Island ( South Sandwich Islands ) | |
| Coordinates | 56 ° 42 ′ 7 ″ S , 27 ° 9 ′ 48 ″ W | |
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The Shamrock Hill is a distinctive volcanic cone on Visokoi Iceland in the archipelago of the South Sandwich Islands . It rises northwest of Irving Point in the east of the island.
The crew of the HMS Protector , an ice patrol ship of the Royal Navy , named it after the shamrock , the national symbol of Ireland , on March 17, 1964 on the occasion of St. Patrick's Day .
Web links
- Shamrock Hill in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Shamrock Hill on geographic.org (English)