Spiro Hill
Spiro Hill is a hill, 120 m, lying at the head of Edgell Bay, Nelson Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The present toponym replaces the provisional "Sudeste" and was approved by the Geographic Coordinating Committee of Argentina in 1956.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 120 metres
- Description: geographical feature in Antarctica
- Also known as: “Strachan Hill”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Two Summit Island and Eco-Nelson.
Two Summit Island
Islet
Two Summit Island is a small island marked by two prominent summits, lying at the east entrance to Fildes Strait in the South Shetland Islands. It was named initially named Two Hummock Island by DI personnel following their survey in 1935, but this name has been rejected because of probable confusion with Two Hummock Island in the north entrance to Gerlache Strait.
Eco-Nelson
Dwelling
Photo: Grýn McSkalpeel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
CZ*ECO Nelson, also known as ECO Nelson to 2018 or Nelson Structures according to the ATS, is an Antarctic station on Nelson Island in the South Shetland Islands in Antarctica.
Refuge Astronomer Cruls
Dwelling
Refuge Astronomer Cruls is a Brazilian Antarctic summer facility named after astronomer Luis Cruls who set up an expedition in 1882 to Punta Arenas in order to observe the passage of Venus across the disk of the Sun.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Villa Las Estrellas.
Villa Las Estrellas
Photo: SnowSwan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Villa Las Estrellas is a Chilean civilian settlement on King George Island, the largest of the South Shetland Islands off the Antarctic Peninsula. It consists of some dozen prefabs but is a vital service hub for all the bases on the island.
Spiro Hill
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-62.26189° or 62° 15′ 43″ southLongitude
-58.99322° or 58° 59′ 36″ westElevation
120 metres (394 feet)Open location code
3893P2Q4+6POpenStreetMap ID
node 9252353173OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Spiro Hill” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ariel”
- Chinese: “斯皮羅山”
- Czech: “Kopec Spiro”
- Dutch: “Ariel”
- French: “Colline Spiro”
- German: “Spiro Hill”
- German: “Spirohügel”
- Ladin: “Spiro Hill”
- Macedonian: “Ридот Спиро (Антартик)”
- Macedonian: “Спиро”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Spiro Hill”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Spiro Hill”
- Spanish: “Ariel, Cerro”
- Spanish: “Cerro Ariel”
- Spanish: “Spiro, monte”
- Swedish: “Ariel”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Qing Lake and Taiyang Mountain.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Spiro Hill”. Photo: ravas51, CC BY-SA 2.0.