Beacon Heights
The Quartermain Mountains are a group of exposed mountains in Antarctica, about 20 nautical miles long, typical of ice-free features of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Victoria Land.Photo: USGS, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include East Beacon and West Beacon.
East Beacon
Peak
The Quartermain Mountains are a group of exposed mountains in Antarctica, about 20 nautical miles long, typical of ice-free features of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Victoria Land.
West Beacon
Peak
Photo: Willyteatime, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Quartermain Mountains are a group of exposed mountains in Antarctica, about 20 nautical miles long, typical of ice-free features of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Victoria Land.
Black Face
Peak
The Quartermain Mountains are a group of exposed mountains in Antarctica, about 20 nautical miles long, typical of ice-free features of the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Victoria Land.
Beacon Heights
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,400 metres
- Description: mountains in Antarctica
- Categories: mountain, hill, and landform
- Location: Antarctica
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-77.83918° or 77° 50′ 21″ southLongitude
160.84695° or 160° 50′ 49″ eastElevation
2,400 metres (7,874 feet)Named after
BeaconitesOpen location code
2VJ25R6W+8QOpenStreetMap ID
node 9099467396OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
6622361Wikidata ID
Q4875927
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Beacon Heights” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Beacon Heights”
- Chinese: “比肯高地”
- Dutch: “Beacon Heights”
- German: “Beacon Heights”
- Hebrew: “רמת ביקון”
- Ladin: “Beacon Heights”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Beacon Heights”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Beacon Heights”
- Swedish: “Beacon Heights”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include South Beacon and Ashtray Basin.
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