Baliza Hill [SEP] continent
Baliza Hill
Baliza Hill is the conspicuous rocky hill rising to 40 m in the southeast extremity of Half Moon Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and surmounting Menguante Cove to the north-northwest, McFarlane Strait to the northeast and east, and Mugla Passage to the south. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers operating from nearby Yankee Harbour.
The feature’s name is descriptive (Spanish for ‘beacon’) and appeared in a 2000 publication following Argentine ornithological research on the island, and in the
in a 2000 publication following Argentine ornithological research on the island, and in the 2005 and 2009 Bulgarian maps of Livingston Island.
Location.
The hill located at which is 1.03 km south by east of Gabriel Hill, 1.2 km west of Baliza Hill, 6.11 km west-northwest of Renier Point, livingston Island, 4.05 km north by west of Elena Peak, Livingston Island, 1.67 km north of Ihtiman Hook, Livingston Island and 3.72 km northeast of Rila Point, Livingston Island (