Mount Quilmes
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| Mount Quilmes | |||
| British Antarctic Territory | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Joinville Island | |||
| Summit: | 2,362 feet 63°13’45"S, 55°37’27"W | ||
Mount Quilmes is a mainly snow-bound hill of 2,362 feet on Joinville Island, off the northern tip of Graham Land in the British Antarctic Territory. It stands to the north-east of Haddon Bay.
The hill was named Monte Quilmes by the Argentine Antarctic Expedition of 1953–54, after the battle of Quilmes in 1826, in which the Argentine squadron under Admiral Guillermo Brown defeated the Spanish forces
The hill was surveyed by the British Antarctic Survey from Hope Bay in 1958-61.
References
- Gazetteer and Map of The British Antarctic Territory: Mount Quilmes