Ritli Hill (Bulgarian: хълм Ритли, ‘Halm Ritli’ \'h&lm 'rit-li\) is a rocky hill rising to 45 m on the south coast of western Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. It surmounts Juturna Lake on the west. The area was visited by early 19th century sealers.
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Byers_Peninsula%2C_South_Beaches.jpg/220px-Byers_Peninsula%2C_South_Beaches.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/ASPA-126-Byers-Peninsula.png/220px-ASPA-126-Byers-Peninsula.png)
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The hill is named after the rock formation of Ritlite in western Bulgaria.
Location
editRitli Hill is located at 62°40′16″S 60°55′06″W / 62.67111°S 60.91833°W, which is 700 m east of Rish Point and 600 m southwest of Clark Nunatak (Spanish mapping in 1993).
Maps
edit- Península Byers, Isla Livingston. Mapa topográfico a escala 1:25000. Madrid: Servicio Geográfico del Ejército, 1992.
- 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
References
edit- Ritli Hill. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica.
- Bulgarian Antarctic Gazetteer. Antarctic Place-names Commission. (details in Bulgarian, basic data in English)
External links
edit- Ritli Hill. Copernix satellite image
This article includes information from the Antarctic Place-names Commission of Bulgaria which is used with permission.