Sphinx Hill

Sphinx Hill is a conspicuous, isolated black hill, 145 m, standing 1.5 nautical miles north-northwest of on King George Island, .
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 145 metres
  • Description: Black Hill on King George Island in Antarctica
  • Also known as: “Sfinks” and “Sphinx”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pawson Peak and Baranowski Glacier.

Peak
Photo: Acaro, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a solitary peak of irregular conical shape, rising to 250 m west-northwest of Sphinx Hill, , King George Island. Named in 1977 by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee after Kenneth Pawson, Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey meteorological observer, , 1947–48; general assistant, Admiralty Bay, 1948–50.

Glacier
Photo: Acaro, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a flowing east into , King George Island, northwest of . It was named by the Polish Antarctic Expedition after Stanisław Baranowski, Polish glaciologist who died on King George Island as a result of an accident at the while a member of the 1977–78 expedition.

Peak
Photo: Acaro, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a rock crag rising to 300 metres 1 nautical mile west-southwest of Sphinx Hill, King George Island. The vertical crag is at the head of a medial moraine.

Sphinx Hill

Latitude
-62.18924° or 62° 11′ 21″ south
Longitude
-58.44151° or 58° 26′ 29″ west
Elevation
145 metres (476 feet)
Open location code
3893RH65+89
Open­Street­Map ID
node 775829551
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
6625838
Wiki­data ID
Q7576817
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Sphinx Hill” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Sphinx Hill”
  • Chinese: “斯芬克斯山”
  • German: “Sphinx Hill”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sphinx Hill”
  • Polish: “Sphinx Hill”
  • Spanish: “Colina Esfinge”
  • Swedish: “Sphinx Hill”

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Localities in the Area

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