Changcheng Rock
Changcheng Rock is a hill in Antarctica and has an elevation of 22 metres. Changcheng Rock is situated nearby to the neighborhood President Eduardo Frei Montalva Base, as well as near Professor Julio Escudero Base.Places of Interest
Highlights include Fildes Peninsula and Profound Lake.
Fildes Peninsula
Protected area
Photo: Arcibel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Fildes Peninsula is a 7 km long peninsula that forms the south-western end of King George Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. It was named from association with nearby Fildes Strait by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1960; the strait was likely named for Robert Fildes, a British sealer of the 1800s.
Profound Lake
Lake
Profound Lake or Lake Profound is a lake 400 metres northwest of Jasper Point in northeast Fildes Peninsula, King George Island. The feature was named "Ozero Glubokoye" by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition working from Bellingshausen Station from 1968, but both forms of the name were already in use in Antarctica.
Davies Heights
Peak
The Davies Heights are an elevated area, roughly elliptical in form and 1 nautical mile long, rising to 150 metres in north-central Fildes Peninsula, King George Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include President Eduardo Frei Montalva Base.
President Eduardo Frei Montalva Base
Neighborhood
Photo: Mefisto29, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva is the most important Antarctic base of Chile. It is located at Fildes Peninsula, an ice-free area, in front of Fildes Bay, at the west end of King George Island, South Shetland Islands. President Eduardo Frei Montalva Base is situated 4 km southwest of Changcheng Rock.
Changcheng Rock
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 22 metres
- Also known as: “Changcheng Yan”
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Changcheng Rock” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Changcheng Yan”
- Dutch: “Changcheng Yan”
- French: “Rocher Changcheng”
- German: “Changcheng Yan”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Changcheng Yan”
- Spanish: “Roca Changcheng”
- Swedish: “Changcheng Yan”
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