Chopin Hill

Coordinates: 71°40′S 73°49′W / 71.667°S 73.817°W / -71.667; -73.817
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Topographic reconnaissance map of the Beethoven Peninsula area of Alexander Island in Antarctica including the Chopin Hill

Chopin Hill (71°40′S 73°49′W / 71.667°S 73.817°W / -71.667; -73.817) is a low, snow-covered hill, about 600 metres (2,000 ft) high, lying 2 nautical miles (4 km) southwest of

Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1960, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after Frédéric Chopin, the Polish composer.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Chopin Hill". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 10 November 2011.

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from "Chopin Hill". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.


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