Start Hill (Antarctica)

Start Hill is a rocky hill rising to 265 m, the summit of Dospey Heights on Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

Location of Byers Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands
Dospey Heights on Ray Promontory from near Midge Lake on Byers Peninsula in Livingston Island, with Start Hill and Dulo Hill in the left background and Penca Hill in the right background
Topographic map of Byers Peninsula featuring Antarctic Specially Protected Area ASPA 126 and its two restricted zones

The feature is part of the Antarctic Specially Protected Area ASPA 126 Byers Peninsula, situated in one of its restricted zones.[1]

The feature takes its name from the adjacent Start Point.

Location

Start Hill is located at 62°35′48″S 61°10′33.9″W which is 2.23 km east-southeast of Start Point, 1.8 km south of Drong Hill, 1.85 km west of Battenberg Hill and 1.23 km northeast of Dulo Hill (British mapping in 1968, Chilean in 1971, detailed Spanish mapping in 1992, and Bulgarian mapping in 2009).

Maps
  • Península Byers, Isla Livingston. Mapa topográfico a escala 1:25000. Madrid: Servicio Geográfico del Ejército, 1992.
  • L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4

Notes
  1. Management Plan for Antarctic Specially Protected Area No. 126 Byers Peninsula. Measure 4 (2016), ATCM XXXIX Final Report. Santiago, 2016

References


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