Enrique Hill
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Enrique Hill is the ice-free hill rising to 156 m in Dospey Heights
Dospey Heights
Dospey Heights are the ice-free heights on Ray Promontory in the northwestern part of Byers Peninsula on Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Extending 6 km southeastwards from Essex Point and Start Point, and 2.6 km wide...

 on the Ray Promontory
Ray Promontory
Ray Promontory is the 7 km long and 2.8 km wide promontory lying between Barclay Bay and the New Plymouth sound, and forming the northwest part of Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica ending up in Start Point and Essex Point...

 of Byers Peninsula
Byers Peninsula
Byers Peninsula is a mainly ice-free peninsula forming the west end of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands. It occupies , and includes the small freshwater Basalt Lake. The area was visited by early 19th century American and British sealers who came almost exclusively from New England,...

, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands
South Shetland Islands
The South Shetland Islands are a group of Antarctic islands, lying about north of the Antarctic Peninsula, with a total area of . By the Antarctic Treaty of 1959, the Islands' sovereignty is neither recognized nor disputed by the signatories and they are free for use by any signatory for...

, Antarctica. Surmounting Barclay Bay
Barclay Bay
Barclay Bay is a bay lying between Cape Shirreff and Essex Point on the north side of Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The name appears on an 1825 chart of the British sealing expedition under James Weddell, and is now established in international usage.-Maps:* L.L. Ivanov et al....

 to the east and northeast.

The hill is named after the Catalan
Catalan people
The Catalans or Catalonians are the people from, or with origins in, Catalonia that form a historical nationality in Spain. The inhabitants of the adjacent portion of southern France are sometimes included in this definition...

 Jorge Enrique who, together with Francesc Sàbat, made the first ascent of the island’s summit Mount Friesland
Mount Friesland
Mount Friesland is the summit of Tangra Mountains on Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The peak is rising to 1700 m sharp, and is heavily glaciated and crevassed. Situated 12.5 km northeast of Barnard Point, 9.7 km east-southeast of St...

 (1700 m) on 30 December 1991.

Location

Enrique Hill is located at 62°35′55.3"S 61°07′37.1"W, which is 1.54 km east-northeast of Dulo Hill
Dulo Hill
Dulo Hill is a rocky hill rising to 210 m in Dospey Heights on Byers Peninsula of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Surmounting President Beaches to the south....

, 850 m east-southeast of Battenberg Hill
Battenberg Hill
Battenberg Hill is a rocky hill rising to 166 m in Dospey Heights on Byers Peninsula of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Situated 1.8 km east of Start Hill, 1.8 km south of Voyteh Point and 2.19 km northwest of Penca Hill.The hill is named after Prince...

 and 1.4 km northwest of Penca Hill
Penca Hill
Penca Hill is a rocky hill rising to 217 m in Dospey Heights on Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.The feature is descriptively named, the Spanish penca referring to a fleshy leaf or joint of a plant....

. Spanish mapping in 1992, and Bulgarian in 2010.

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