Virchow Hill
| Virchow Hill | ||
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| height | 750 m | |
| location | Brabant Island , Palmer Archipelago | |
| Coordinates | 64 ° 6 ′ 30 ″ S , 62 ° 17 ′ 54 ″ W | |
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The Virchow Hill is a turn 750 m high hill in the north of Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago off the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It rises between the Lister and Paré glaciers .
The mountain is still unnamed for the first time on an Argentine map from 1953. Aerial photos by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd. from 1956 to 1957 were used for mapping in 1959. The UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee named it in 1960 after the German pathologist Rudolf Virchow (1821-1902).
Web links
- Virchow Hill in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Virchow Hill on geographic.org (English)