The Sentinel (hill)
| The Sentinel | ||
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| height | 420 m | |
| location | Heard ( Heard and McDonald Islands ) | |
| Coordinates | 52 ° 58 ′ 58 ″ S , 73 ° 19 ′ 17 ″ E | |
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The Sentinel ( English for The Guardian ) is a 420 m high and rocky hill on the Heard Island of the Heard and McDonald Islands in the southern Indian Ocean . It rises 1.3 km northeast of Anzac Peak on the Laurens Peninsula .
Scientists from the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions surveyed and named it in 1948. It is named after its isolated geographical location at the entrance to Atlas Cove .
Web links
- The Sentinel in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- The Sentinel on geographic.org (English)