Visser Hill

Visser Hill (66°45′S 67°44′W / 66.750°S 67.733°W / -66.750; -67.733) is a hill 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) south of Mount Velain in northern Adelaide Island. Mapped from air photos taken by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE) (1947–48) and Falkland Islands and Dependencies Aerial Survey Expedition (FIDASE) (1956–57). Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) for Philipp C. Visser (1882–1955), Dutch diplomat and mountaineer who made classic investigations of glaciers in the Karakoram (1921–35).

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Adelaide Island
Stations and basesHills, peaks,
and nunatuks
  • Mount Barre
  • Mount Bodys
  • Mount Bouvier
  • Bond Nunatak
  • Dewar Nunatak
  • Mount Ditte
  • Mount Gaudry
  • Hunt Peak
  • Lincoln Nunatak
  • Mount Liotard
  • Mount Machatschek
  • Mount Mangin
  • Mount Reeves
  • Sighing Peak
  • Stokes Peaks
  • Mount Velain
  • Visser Hill
GlaciersOther inland
featuresCoastal featuresOff-shore
Islands
Reefs and banks
Rocks
Straits

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