Cross Hill
Cross Hill is a hill of 525 feet on Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands. The hill stands on the west side of the island, to the southwest of Telefon Bay.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 160 metres
- Description: hill in the South Shetland Islands
- Also known as: “Cross Hill, Deception Island”, “Laguna Hill”, and “Laguna, Mont de la”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Achala, Mount and Wensleydale Beacon.
Achala, Mount
Peak
Mount Achala is a peak rising to 680 m at the north end of Telefon Ridge, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands. It was named by the Argentine Antarctic Expedition in 1956, after a mountain in Argentina.
Wensleydale Beacon
Peak
Wensleydale Beacon is a hill, 110 m, situated just north of Fumarole Bay, on the west side of Port Foster, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands.
Uritorco, Mount
Peak
Mount Uritorco is a mountain surmounting the southern part of Telefon Ridge on Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands. The name appears on an Argentine chart of 1956. This article incorporates public domain material from…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aguirre Cerda Research Station.
Aguirre Cerda Research Station
Locality
Photo: Jorval, Public domain.
President Pedro Aguirre Cerda Station was a Chilean Antarctic base, located at Pendulum Cove in Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands, inaugurated in 1955.
Cross Hill
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Antarctica
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-62.9356° or 62° 56′ 8″ southLongitude
-60.692° or 60° 41′ 31″ westElevation
160 metres (525 feet)Open location code
379X3875+Q6OpenStreetMap ID
node 10262638019OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Cross Hill from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Cross Hill” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Laguna Hill”
- Chinese: “拉古納山”
- Dutch: “Laguna Hill”
- German: “Laguna Hill”
- Ladin: “Laguna Hill”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Laguna Hill”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Laguna Hill”
- Swedish: “Laguna Hill”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Cross Hill”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Station B and Station P.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pisagua Hill and Ajmonecat Lake.
Antarctica: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Livingston Island, Villa Las Estrellas, South Pole, and Antarctic Peninsula.
Curious Places to Discover
Uncover intriguing places from every corner of the globe.
About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cross Hill”. Photo: ravas51, CC BY-SA 2.0.