Hesperides Hill
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Hesperides Hill (Halm Hesperides \'h&lm he-spe-'ri-des\) is a ridge linked by a saddle of elevation 52 m with the northern slopes of Atlantic Club Ridge in eastern Livingston Island. The hill surmounts the South Bay coast N of Johnsons Dock to the SW, and Bulgarian Beach to the NE and is bounded to the SW by Sea Lion Glacier. The ridge extends 420 m in SSE-NNW direction and is 250 m wide and narrowing towards NNW. Hesperides Hill has two heights, 94 and 63 m, the latter surmounting Hespérides Point. The hill is snow-free in summer months and is named from the adjacent Hespérides Point.
[edit] Location
The summit is located at which is 665 m SW of Sinemorets Hill and 510 m NW by N of Atlantic Club Ridge (apped in detail by the Spanish Servicio Geográfico del Ejército in 1991. Co-ordinates, elevation and distances given according to a 1995-96 Bulgarian topographic survey).
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This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.
