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Two Hummock Island

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Location
  
Antarctica

Width
  
5 km (3.1 mi)

Population
  
Uninhabited

Island group
  
Palmer Archipelago

Length
  
9.4 km (5.84 mi)

Highest elevation
  
670 m (2,200 ft)

Elevation
  
670 m

Two Hummock Island

Two Hummock Island is an ice-covered island, 9.4 kilometres (6 mi) long in a north-south direction, conspicuous for its two rocky summits Buache Peak and Modev Peak 670 metres (2,198 feet) high, lying 9.6 kilometres (6.0 miles) southeast of Liège Island and 11.5 kilometres (7.1 miles) east of Brabant Island in the Palmer Archipelago. This name has appeared on maps for over 100 years and its usage has become established internationally.

Contents

Map of Two Hummock Island, Antarctica

Maps

  • British Antarctic Territory. Scale 1:200000 topographic map. DOS 610 Series, Sheet W 64 60. Directorate of Overseas Surveys, UK, 1978.
  • Antarctic Digital Database (ADD). Scale 1:250000 topographic map of Antarctica. Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR), 1993–2016.

    • References

    Two Hummock Island Wikipedia
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