Feature Name (see definition): Beacon Hill

Feature Class (see definition): Summit

Country Code (see definition): AQ (Antarctica)

Feature ID (see definition): 1109

Primary Latitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 68° 04' 00" S

Primary Longitude in degrees, minutes, and seconds (see definition): 066° 23' 00" W

Primary Latitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -68.0666667

Primary Longitude in decimal degrees (see definition): -66.3833333

Elevation (see definition): 1810

Decision Year (see definition): 01/01/1955

Description (see definition): An ice-covered, dome-shaped hill (1,810 m) which rises 120 m above the surrounding plateau ice surface, situated 2.5 mi NE of McLeod Hill in central Antarctic Peninsula. The hill surmounts the divide between Northeast Glacier and Bills Gulch. Surveyed and named by the U.S. Antarctic Service (USAS), 1939-41; the hill may have been the site of a beacon at that time. The U.S. Antarctic Service (USAS) operated a plateau weather station close southwestward (6807S, 6630W) of the hill throughout November and December 1940.

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