Ketripor Hill

Ketripor Hill (Bulgarian: хълм Кетрипор, ‘Halm Ketripor’ \'h&lm 'ke-tri-por\) is the ice-covered hill rising to 800 m in northwestern Trinity Island in the Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica. It surmounts Saldobisa Cove to the northwest and Olusha Cove to the southwest, and has steep and partly ice-free north and east slopes. The hill is named after the Thracian King Ketripor, 352-347 BC.[1]

Location of Trinity Island in the Antarctic Peninsula region

Location

Ketripor Hill is located at 63°41′45″S 60°46′07″W. British mapping in 1978.

Maps

  • British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 – W 63 60. Tolworth, UK, 1978.
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR). Since 1993, regularly upgraded and updated.

Notes

  1. "Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica". data.aad.gov.au. Retrieved 25 December 2018.

References

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


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