Cross Hill is a hill of 525 feet on

Deception Island Deception Island is an island in the South Shetland Islands close to the Antarctic Peninsula with a large and usually "safe" natural harbor, which is occasionally troubled by the underlying active volcano. This island is the caldera of an act ...

in the

South Shetland Islands The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands with a total area of . They lie about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, and between southwest of the nearest point of the South Orkney Islands. By the Antarctic Treaty of 195 ...

. The hill stands on the west side of the island, to the southwest of

Telefon Bay Telefon Bay is a small bay on the north-west coast of Port Foster, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. It is surmounted by Telefon Ridge. The name appears on the chart of the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot, ...

. After the island was surveyed by the

Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's national polar research institute. It has a dual purpose, to conduct polar science, enabling better understanding of global issues, and to provide an active presence in the Antarctic on ...

in January 1954, this peak was named 'Cross Hill' from the large wooden cross, probably erected by whalers, near the summit. A name attributed by a 1952 Argentine chart is ''Monte de la Laguna'', meaning 'mountain of the lake', in association with the nearby Crater Lake, and it has appeared as 'Laguna Hill' in some American resources.'Laguna Hill': USBGN, 1965, p.100)

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