Enrique Hill

Location of Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

Enrique Hill (Bulgarian: хълм Енрике, ‘Halm Enrique’ \'h&lm en-'ri-ke\) is the ice-free hill rising to 156 m in Dospey Heights on the Ray Promontory of Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Surmounting Barclay Bay to the east and northeast.

The hill is named after the Catalan Jorge Enrique who, together with Francesc Sàbat, made the first ascent of the island’s summit Mount Friesland (1700 m) on 30 December 1991.

Location

Enrique Hill is located at 62°35′55.3″S 61°07′37.1″W / 62.598694°S 61.126972°W / -62.598694; -61.126972Coordinates: 62°35′55.3″S 61°07′37.1″W / 62.598694°S 61.126972°W / -62.598694; -61.126972, which is 1.54 km east-northeast of Dulo Hill, 850 m east-southeast of Battenberg Hill and 1.4 km northwest of Penca Hill. Spanish mapping in 1992, and Bulgarian in 2010.

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References

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.


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