Name details

Tower Hill

Tower Hill (The name as it would appear in a gazetteer)

Tower Hill  (The name as it would appear on a map)

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United States Gazetteer Id 132816

Feature type: Hill (2b)

Origin

This name originates from United States of America. It is part of the United States Gazetteer and the SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.

Names that other countries have for this feature:

Narrative

Sharp conical summit, 1,125 m, surmounting the NW part of Trinity Island in the Palmer Archipelago. The origin of the name is not known, but it may be associated with the voyage in 1824-25 of the British sealer Sprightly under Capt. Edward Hughes.

Named For

Location

Latitude:
63° 42' 00.0" S
-63.70000°
Unknown precision
Longitude:
60° 45' 00.0" W
-60.75000°
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Altitude:
1125 m
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Images

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Map

Source

Location Method:
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Source Name:
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Source Identifier:
Source Scale:
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Source Institution:
Unknown
Source Person:
Unknown
Source Publisher:
Unknown
Remote sensing:
Not Applicable

Comments

None

Approval status

Status:
Unknown
Date approved:
1-Jan-1952

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