Gleaner Heights

Location of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Gleaner Heights from Zemen Knoll.
The survey route of Tangra 2004/05 including Gleaner Heights.
Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

The Gleaner Heights (62°35′S 60°15′W / 62.583°S 60.250°W / -62.583; -60.250) are a series of elevations extending southwest from Leslie Hill in the eastern part of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. They were named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee in 1958 after the American brig Gleaner, which was diverted to sealing in the South Shetland Islands in 1820–21.[1]

The first ascent was by the Bulgarian Doychin Vasilev from Camp Academia on 25 December 2004, as part of Tangra 2004/05 survey.

Location

The summit of the heights rising to 531 m is located at 62°34′25″S 60°13′59″W / 62.57361°S 60.23306°W / -62.57361; -60.23306Coordinates: 62°34′25″S 60°13′59″W / 62.57361°S 60.23306°W / -62.57361; -60.23306 which is 5 kilometres (3 mi) north by west of Mount Bowles, 5.05 kilometres (3.14 mi) northwest of Melnik Peak and 1.43 kilometres (0.89 mi) west-southwest of Leslie Hill (British mapping in 1968, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009).

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References

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Gleaner Heights" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).


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