Edinburgh Hill
Edinburgh Hill is a narrow point projecting 650 m from the east coast of Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica into McFarlane Strait and ending up in a conspicuous rocky hill of elevation 180 m. The point forms the northwest side of the entrance to Moon Bay. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.
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Location of Varna Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.
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Edinburgh Hill from Lozen Nunatak, with Inott Point on the left, Zlatograd Rock in the foreground and Greenwich Island in the background.
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Topographic map of Livingston Island and Smith Islands.
Location
The point is located at 62°32′33″S 60°01′01″W which is 13.15 km northwest of Renier Point, 7.52 km east of Miziya Peak, 2 km south-southwest of Inott Point, and 7 km southwest of Yovkov Point, Greenwich Island. British mapping in 1968, Spanish in 1991, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009.
Maps
- L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4
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