Spanish Knoll

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Location of Hurd Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.

Spanish Knoll, with Sinemorets Hill on the right in the foreground.

Spanish Knoll (Halm Española \'h&lm e-spa-'nyo-la\) has a highest point of elevation 48 m located on Bulgarian Beach on Hurd Peninsula, eastern Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

The feature takes its name from the adjacent Spanish Point which is formed by an offshoot of the hill.

Location

The knoll is located at 62°38′16″S 60°21′24″W / 62.63778°S 60.35667°W / -62.63778; -60.35667Coordinates: 62°38′16″S 60°21′24″W / 62.63778°S 60.35667°W / -62.63778; -60.35667, which is 370 m northeast of Sinemorets Hill, 290 m south by west of Spanish Point formed by an offshoot of the hill, and 520 m west-southwest of Belozem Hill (Mapped 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).

Isla Livingston: Península Hurd. Mapa topográfico de escala 1:25 000. Madrid: Servicio Geográfico del Ejército, 1991.
L.L. Ivanov. Livingston Island: Central-Eastern Region. Scale 1:25000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 1996.
L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.

This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.

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