Petes Pillar

Pete's Pillar is a pillar rock or stack lying immediately east of Fildes Point at the north side of the entrance to Port Foster, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Neptunes Window and Ravn Rock.

Mountain saddle

Neptune's Window is a narrow gap between two rock pillars, situated close east of Whalers Bay on the southeast side of Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands.

Ravn Rock is a submerged rock lying in the center of Neptunes Bellows, the entrance to Port Foster, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands. Charted by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, 1908–10.

Peak

Cathedral Crags is a rocky, ice-free hill with steeply cliffed sides, 140 metres high, surmounting the peninsula between Neptune's Window and Fildes Point on the southeast side of Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands.

Nearby places include Aguirre Cerda Research Station.

Locality

Photo: Jorval, Public domain.

President Pedro Aguirre Cerda Station was a Chilean Antarctic base, located at Pendulum Cove in Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands, inaugurated in 1955. Aguirre Cerda Research Station is situated 7 km north of Petes Pillar.

Latitude

-62.99145° or 62° 59′ 29″ south

Longitude

-60.54846° or 60° 32′ 55″ west

Open location code

379X2F52+CJ

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