Hesperides Hill
Hesperides Hill is a ridge linked by a saddle of elevation 52 m with the northern slopes of Atlantic Club Ridge on Hurd Peninsula, eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 94 metres
- Description: ridge in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
- Also known as: “Hesperides”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Saint Ivan Rilski Chapel and Pesyakov Hill.
Saint Ivan Rilski Chapel
Church
Photo: Apcbg, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The St. Ivan Rilski Chapel at the St. Kliment Ohridski Base of Bulgaria, on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands is the first Eastern Orthodox edifice in Antarctica, the southernmost Eastern Orthodox building of worship in the world, and one of eight churches on Antarctica.
Pesyakov Hill
Peak
Pesyakov Hill is the ice-free hill rising to 36 m next south-southwest of the 1988 buildings of St. Kliment Ohridski Base on Bulgarian Beach, Hurd Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
Grand Lagoon
Photo: Apcbg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Grand Lagoon is a 1-hectare freshwater lagoon of elevation 2.4 metres on Bulgarian Beach, Hurd Peninsula in eastern Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.
Hesperides Hill
- Categories: ridge, mountain, and landform
- Location: Antarctica
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-62.64323° or 62° 38′ 36″ southLongitude
-60.37324° or 60° 22′ 24″ westElevation
94 metres (308 feet)Open location code
379X9J4G+PPOpenStreetMap ID
node 3333936838OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
Discover Hesperides Hill from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Hesperides Hill” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Hesperides Hill”
- Chinese: “赫斯佩里得斯山”
- German: “Hespérides Hill”
- Ladin: “Hesperides Hill”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hesperides Hill”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hesperides Hill”
- Swedish: “Hesperides Hill”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Camp Academia and Station P.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Residential building and St. Kliment Ohridski Base.
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