Tarnica Hill
Tarnica Hill is a peak in Antarctica and has an elevation of 115 metres. Tarnica Hill is situated nearby to the locality Wróbel Valley, as well as near Blaszczyk Moraine.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 115 metres
- Description: mountain in Antartica
- Also known as: “Tarnica”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ecology Glacier and Pawson Peak.
Ecology Glacier
Glacier
Photo: Acaro, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ecology Glacier is a glacier flowing northeast into Admiralty Bay, King George Island, north of Llano Point. It was named by the Polish Antarctic Expedition, 1980, after the Institute of Ecology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the sponsor of nearby Arctowski Station.
Pawson Peak
Peak
Photo: Acaro, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pawson Peak is a solitary peak of irregular conical shape, rising to 250 m west-northwest of Sphinx Hill, Admiralty Bay, King George Island. Named in 1977 by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee after Kenneth Pawson, Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey meteorological observer, Port Lockroy, 1947–48; general assistant, Admiralty Bay, 1948–50.
Sphinx Hill
Peak
Photo: Acaro, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sphinx Hill is a conspicuous, isolated black hill, 145 m, standing 1.5 nautical miles north-northwest of Demay Point on King George Island, South Shetland Islands.
Tarnica Hill
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Antarctica
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-62.17828° or 62° 10′ 42″ southLongitude
-58.4645° or 58° 27′ 52″ westElevation
115 metres (377 feet)Open location code
3893RGCP+M6OpenStreetMap ID
node 775893596OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
Discover Tarnica Hill from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Tarnica Hill” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Tarnica”
- Dutch: “Tarnica”
- German: “Tarnica (King George Island)”
- German: “Tarnica”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tarnica”
- Polish: “Tarnica (Wyspa Króla Jerzego)”
- Polish: “Tarnica”
- Swedish: “Tarnica”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Wróbel Valley and Blaszczyk Moraine.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lenie and Krzemien Hill.
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