Edinburgh Hill

Edinburgh Hill is a narrow point projecting 650 m from the east coast of Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica into McFarlane Strait and ending up in a conspicuous rocky hill of elevation 180 m whose bottom half is composed of basalt columns.

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Ficheto Point is an ice-free point on the northeast coast of Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island, Antarctica forming the southeast side of the entrance to Dragon Cove. Ficheto Point is situated 9 km northwest of Edinburgh Hill.

Latitude

-62.54071° or 62° 32′ 27″ south

Longitude

-60.02166° or 60° 1′ 18″ west

Open location code

379XFX5H+P8

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natural=peak

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