Doumer Hill

Doumer Hill is a snow-covered pyramid, 515 metres (1,690 ft) high, forming the summit of Doumer Island in the Palmer Archipelago. It was first charted by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1903–05, under Jean-Baptiste Charcot, and was named in 1958 by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee, in association with Doumer Island.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "Doumer Hill". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2012-01-27.

 This article incorporates public domain material from the United States Geological Survey document "Doumer Hill" (content from the Geographic Names Information System).

Coordinates: 64°51′S 63°34′W / 64.850°S 63.567°W / -64.850; -63.567


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