Spanish Knoll

Location of Hurd Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Spanish Knoll, with Sinemorets Hill on the right in the foreground.
Topographic map of central-eastern Livingston Island featuring Spanish Knoll.
Topographic map of Livingston Island, Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands.

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°WCoordinates: 62°38′16″S 60°21′24″W / 62.63778°S 60.35667°W, 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).

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