Poisson Hill


Poisson Hill is a rounded ice-free hill rising to 80 m at the north extremity of Breznik Heights, Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and surmounting the Chilean Antarctic base Arturo Prat Base|Arturo Prat] to the west-southwest. Angamos Hill is lying 370 m north-northeast of it and 850 m south-southeast of Ash Point.
Poisson Hill was charted by the 1947 Chilean Antarctic Expedition and named after Sub-Lieutenant Maurice Poisson who signed the official act of inauguration of Arturo Prat Base in 1947, while Angamos Hill was named after that expedition's transport ship Angamos.

Location

Poisson Hill is located at which is 1.08 km south by east of Ash Point, 740 m northwest of López Nunatak and 700 m east-northeast of Arturo Prat Base.

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