Start Hill
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Start Hill is a rocky hill rising to 265 m, the summit of 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 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.

The feature takes its name from the adjacent Start Point
Start Point, Livingston Island
Start Point is a point marking the northwest end of Byers Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica and forming the southwest side of the entrance to Svishtov Cove and the northeast side of the entrance to the New Plymouth bay...

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Location

Start Hill is located at 62°35′48"S 61°10′33.9"W which is 2.23 km east-southeast of Start Point, 1.8 km south of Drong Hill
Drong Hill
Drong Hill is the double rocky hill in the north extremity of Dospey Heights on Byers Peninsula of Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica...

, 1.85 km west 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 1.23 km 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....

(British mapping in 1968, Chilean in 1971, detailed Spanish mapping in 1992, and Bulgarian mapping in 2009).

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