Hurd Ice Cap
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Hurd Ice Cap is the ice cap covering the central area of southern Hurd Peninsula
, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands
, Antarctica. It extends 4.5 km in northeast-southwest direction and 3.7 km in northwest-southeast diection, and drains both into South Bay
to the northwest and into False Bay
to the southeast. Its summit point has been nick-named named Dorotea by personnel of the nearby Spanish base Juan Carlos Primero and rises to 332 m.
The feature receives its name from Hurd Peninsula.
and 4.45 km south of Hespérides Point
(Detailed Spanish mapping in 1991, and Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009).
Hurd Peninsula
Hurd Peninsula is the land between South Bay and False Bay on the south coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The Spanish Antarctic base Juan Carlos I and the Bulgarian Antarctic base St. Kliment Ohridski are situated on the west coast of the peninsula.The feature...
, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands
South Shetland Islands
The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands, lying about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, with a total area of . By the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, the Islands' sovereignty is neither recognized nor disputed by the signatories and they are free for use by any signatory for...
, Antarctica. It extends 4.5 km in northeast-southwest direction and 3.7 km in northwest-southeast diection, and drains both into South Bay
South Bay, Livingston Island
South Bay is a wide bay indenting for the south coast of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The bay is lying northwest of False Bay and east of Walker Bay, and is entered between Hannah Point and Miers Bluff....
to the northwest and into False Bay
False Bay, Livingston Island
False Bay is a 4 mi long bay, which lies between Barnard Point and Miers Bluff on the south side of Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It was probably first entered and charted by Capt...
to the southeast. Its summit point has been nick-named named Dorotea by personnel of the nearby Spanish base Juan Carlos Primero and rises to 332 m.
The feature receives its name from Hurd Peninsula.
Location
Dorotea Point is located at 62°41′0.3"S 60°22′06.3"W which is 5.33 km northeast of Miers BluffMiers Bluff
Miers Bluff is the point forming the southwest extremity of Hurd Peninsula, the southeast side of the entrance to South Bay and the northwest side of the entrance to False Bay in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica....
and 4.45 km south of Hespérides Point
Hespérides Point
Hespérides Point is a rocky point of land projecting into South Bay north-northwest of Johnsons Dock, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and forming the southwest side of the entrance to Emona Anchorage. Surmounted by Hesperides Hill...
(Detailed Spanish mapping in 1991, and Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009).
Maps
- Isla Livingston: Península Hurd. Mapa topográfico de escala 1:25 000. Madrid: Servicio Geográfico del Ejército, 1991.
- L.L. Ivanov et al. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands. Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria, 2005.
- L.L. Ivanov. Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands. Scale 1:120000 topographic map. Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009. ISBN 978-954-92032-6-4
