Doumer Hill is a snow-covered pyramidal hill, 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, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 27 January 2012.

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


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