Antarctica

Fontaine Heights

The Fontaine Heights are a line of heights that extend from to Cape Garcia on the south side of , on the west coast of , Antarctica.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Index Peak.

Peak
is a peak over 1,220 metres high, standing 7.5 miles southeast of Cape Garcia on the west coast of , Antarctica. It was mapped by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey from photos taken by Hunting Aerosurveys Ltd in 1956–57, and so named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee because the peak resembles an index finger.

Fontaine Heights

Latitude
-65.80731° or 65° 48′ 26″ south
Longitude
-64.47337° or 64° 28′ 24″ west
Elevation
753 metres (2,470 feet)
Open location code
376Q5GVG+3M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9255805855
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
6633292
Wiki­data ID
Q5465108
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Satellite Map

Discover Fontaine Heights from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Fontaine Heights” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Fontaine Heights”
  • Chinese: “方丹高地”
  • Dutch: “Fontaine Heights”
  • German: “Fontaine Heights”
  • Ladin: “Fontaine Heights”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Fontaine Heights”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fontaine Heights”
  • Swedish: “Fontaine Heights”

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