Edinburgh Hill

Location of Varna Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Edinburgh Hill from Lozen Nunatak, with Inott Point on the left, Zlatograd Rock in the foreground and Greenwich Island in the background.
Topographic map of Livingston Island and Smith Islands.

Edinburgh Hill is a narrow point projecting 650 m from the east coast of Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica into McFarlane Strait and ending up in a conspicuous rocky hill of elevation 180 m. The point forms the northwest side of the entrance to Moon Bay. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.

The feature is named after the city of Edinburgh, Scotland.

Location

The point is located at 62°32′33″S 60°01′01″W / 62.54250°S 60.01694°W / -62.54250; -60.01694 which is 13.15 km northwest of Renier Point, 7.52 km east of Miziya Peak, 2 km south-southwest of Inott Point, and 7 km southwest of Yovkov Point, Greenwich Island. British mapping in 1968, Spanish in 1991, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009.

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