Citadel Bastion [SEP] continent
Citadel Bastion
Citadel Bastion () is a rocky, flat-topped, rocky elevation at the south side of the terminus of Saturn Glacier, facing towards George VI Sound and the Rymill Coast, situated on the east side of Alexander Island, Antarctica. Its maximum elevation is about 645 m. Citadel Bastion lies next to Hodgson Lake. This mountain was mapped from trimetrogon air photography taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition, 1947–48, and from survey by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey, 1948–50. The name applied by the UK
. It comprised four bastions organized in a square: facing the city was the "Bastion du Roi" ("King's Bastion") to the northwest and the "Bastion de la Reine" ("Queen's Bastion") to the southwest; facing the floodplain was the "Bastion de Montmorency" to the northeast and the "Bastion de Ventadour" to the southeast.
The buildings within the citadel have been reconstructed multiple times. The last reconstruction before the citadel was converted into an educational building was in 1863