Gleaner Heights
The Gleaner Heights (62°35′S 60°15′W / 62.583°S 60.250°W) are a series of elevations extending southwest from Leslie Hill in the eastern part of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. They were named by the UK Antarctic Place-names Committee in 1958 after the American brig Gleaner, which was diverted to sealing in the South Shetland Islands in 1820–21.[1]
The first ascent was by the Bulgarian Doychin Vasilev from Camp Academia on 25 December 2004, as part of Tangra 2004/05 survey.
Location
The summit of the heights rising to 531 m is located at 62°34′25″S 60°13′59″W / 62.57361°S 60.23306°WCoordinates: 62°34′25″S 60°13′59″W / 62.57361°S 60.23306°W which is 5 kilometres (3 mi) north by west of Mount Bowles, 5.05 kilometres (3.14 mi) northwest of Melnik Peak and 1.43 kilometres (0.89 mi) west-southwest of Leslie Hill (British mapping in 1968, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009).
Maps
- L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands (from English Strait to Morton Strait, with illustrations and ice-cover distribution). Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4
References
- ↑ "Gleaner Heights". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-04-26.
This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Gleaner Heights" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).