Wensleydale Beacon
| Wensleydale Beacon | ||
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| height | 110 m | |
| location | Deception Island , South Shetland Islands | |
| Coordinates | 62 ° 57 ′ 0 ″ S , 60 ° 42 ′ 0 ″ W | |
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The Wensleydale Beacon (English for beacon of Wensleydale ) is a 110 m high hill on Deception Island in the archipelago of the South Shetland Islands . It rises just north of Primero de Mayo Bay on the west bank of Port Foster .
The British navigator Henry Foster mapped it during his voyage with the HMS Chanticleer from 1827 to 1831 . Lieutenant Commander David Neil Penfold (1913-1991) of the Royal Navy , who was involved in surveying Deception Island between 1948 and 1949, named him after the Wensleydale river valley in North Yorkshire .
Web links
- Wensleydale Beacon in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey (English)
- Wensleydale Beacon on geographic.org (English)