# Poisson Hill

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'''Poisson Hill''' is a rounded ice-free hill rising to 80 m at the north extremity of [Breznik Heights](/source/Breznik_Heights), [Greenwich Island](/source/Greenwich_Island) in the [South Shetland Islands](/source/South_Shetland_Islands), [Antarctica](/source/Antarctica) and surmounting the Chilean Antarctic base [Arturo Prat](/source/Captain_Arturo_Prat_Base) to the west-southwest.  ''Angamos Hill'' (55 m) is lying 370 m north-northeast of it and 850 m south-southeast of [Ash Point](/source/Ash_Point).

Poisson Hill was charted by the 1947 [Chilean Antarctic Expedition](/source/Chilean_Antarctic_Expedition) and named after Sub-Lieutenant Maurice Poisson who signed the official act of inauguration of Arturo Prat Base in 1947, while Angamos Hill was named after that expedition's transport ship ''Angamos''.

==Location==
Poisson Hill is located at {{coord|62|28|39|S|59|39|03|W|}} which is 1.08 km south by east of Ash Point, 740 m northwest of [López Nunatak](/source/L%C3%B3pez_Nunatak) and 700 m east-northeast of Arturo Prat Base (British mapping of the area in 1968, and Bulgarian in 2005 and 2009).

==Maps==
* L.L. Ivanov et al. [Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich Island, South Shetland Islands](/source/%3Acommons%3AImage%3ALivingston-Greenwich-map.jpg). Scale 1:100000 topographic map. Sofia: [Antarctic Place-names Commission](/source/Antarctic_Place-names_Commission) of Bulgaria, 2005.
* L.L. Ivanov. [http://apcbg.org/image023.jpg Antarctica: Livingston Island and Greenwich, Robert, Snow and Smith Islands]. Scale 1:120000 topographic map.  Troyan: Manfred Wörner Foundation, 2009.

==References==
* [http://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/gaz/scar/ Composite Antarctic Gazetteer].

Category:Hills of Greenwich Island

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