Beacon Hill (Antarctica)
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beacon-hill-antarctica-236-1132379
title:
Beacon Hill (Antarctica)
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Beacon Hill is an ice-covered, dome-shaped hill of elevation 1,810 m which rises 120 m above the surrounding plateau ice surface. It is situated in the south part of Hemimont Plateau in Graham Land, Antarctica 2.5 mi northeast of McLeod Hill. The hill surmounts the divide between Northeast Glacier and Bills Gulch. It was 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
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Antarctic glacier
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beacon_Hill_(Antarctica)
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2023-05-20T13:36:27Z
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