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Wasp Hill is a hill rising to 72 meters in the southwest part of Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Surmounting Sevar Point to the southwest. The area was visited by 19th century sealers.
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The feature is named after the American sealing schooner Wasp under Captain Robert Johnson that visited the South Shetlands in 1821-22.
Location
The hill is located at 62°39′51.9″S 61°07′51.9″W which is 1.01 km northwest of Sealer Hill, 1.4 km northeast of Sevar Point, 2.74 km east-northeast of Devils Point, 1.82 km southeast of Point Smellie, 3.12 km southwest of Usnea Plug and 3.91 km southwest of Chester Cone (British mapping in 1968, detailed Spanish mapping in 1992, and Bulgarian mapping in 2005 and 2009).
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