Canopus Hill

Canopus Hill
Canopus Hill
	Canopus Hill East Falkland, Falkland Islands, south Atlantic Ocean
Highest point
Elevation	32 m (105 ft)
Prominence	32 m (105 ft)
Coordinates	51°41′24″S 57°47′17″W / 51.69000°S 57.78806°W
Geography
Location	East Falkland, Falkland Islands, south Atlantic Ocean

Canopus Hill is located on the island of East Falkland near Stanley, the capital city of the Falkland Islands. It is named after HMS Canopus, which fired the first shots in the Battle of the Falkland Islands during World War I.^[2]

References

^ de Ferranti, Jonathan. "Digital elevation data (30 m, SRTM 1 Arc-Second, corrected)". ViewfinderPanoramas.org. Retrieved 3 November 2025. Elevation of Canopus Hill measured using NASA SRTM data corrected by ViewfinderPanoramas.org, confirms a height of 32 m.
^ Burt, R. A. British Battleships 1889-1904, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1988, ISBN 0-87021-061-0, p. 154.

[1] Ferranti, Jonathan. "Digital elevation data (30 m, SRTM 1 Arc-Second, corrected)". ViewfinderPanoramas.org. Retrieved 3 November 2025. Elevation of Canopus Hill measured using NASA SRTM data corrected by ViewfinderPanoramas.org, confirms a height of 32 m.

[2] Burt, R. A. British Battleships 1889-1904, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1988, ISBN 0-87021-061-0, p. 154.

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v t e Mountains and hills of the Falkland Islands
East Falkland Island	Big Mountain Bodie Peak Bombilia Hill Bull Hill Butlers Hill Campito Hill Canopus Hill Cantera Mountain Cerro Montevideo Chata Hill Clay Patch Hill Cookies Ridge Corral Brazo Cortley Hill Coutts Hill Diamond Mountain Eagle Hill Fanning Head Francis Hill High Hill Hawk Hill Horn Hill Indian Mountain Jack's Mountain King's Hill Laguna Verde Long Island Mountain Margaret Hill Mary Hill Mount Beagle Mount Brisbane Mount Challenger Mount Harriet Mount Kent Mount Longdon Mount Low Mount Malo Mount Round Mount Simon Mount Sussex Mount Tumbledown Mount Usborne Mount Vernet Mount Wickham Mount William Pleasant Peak Rabbit Mountain Rocky Mountain Rugged Hill Rush Valley Hill Saladero Salvador Hill Sapper Hill Semaphore Hill Smoko Mount Strawberry Hill Twelve o'Clock Hill The Onion The Saddleback Turn Island Hill Two Sisters Wall Mountain West Hill Whites Mountain Wireless Ridge
West Falkland Island	Blue Mountain Bridge Mountain Byron Heights Carcass Bay Hill Castle Hill Channel Hill Clay Mountain Dog Hill East Arm Hill East Lagoon Hill Fegen Inlet Hill Fish Creek Hill Fox Bay Mountain Gibraltar Hill Goat Hill Green Hill Green Mountain Gun Hill Inlet Hill Little Mollyhawk Low Mountain Lucas Hill Meredith Hill Mocha Mountain Mount Adam Mount Alice Mount Arthur Mount Beauford Mount Brown Mount Caroline Mount Chartres Mount D’Arcy Mount Dean Mount Donald Mount Doyle Mount Eben Mount Edgeworth Mount Emery Mount Fegen Mount Henry Mount Jersey Mount Jock Mount Lewis Mount Maria Mount Moody Mount Philomel Mount Purvis Mount Robinson Mount Rosalie Mount Sulivan Mount Whitford Mount Young Muffler Jack Mountain Nipple Hill Orford Hill Paddock Mountain Peat Bank Hill Phillip's Hill Poke Point Hill Poncho Hill Rocky Mountain Rodeo Hill Saucepan Hill Saw Hill Settlement Hill Sharp Peak Shallow Bluff Signboard Hill Spring Point Hill Stevelly Hill Stephens Peak Stony Mountain Storm Mountain Sugar Loaf Sweet Hill Tamar Hill Tent Mountain The Big Mollyhawk White Hill Williams Hill Wrinkly Hill
Weddell Island	Chatham Hill Circum Peak Double Peak Gorgon Peak Jones Hill Mount Weddell Pitt Heights Valley Hill
Other Islands	August Hill Beaver Hill Big Mountain Bold Hill Boulder Point Hill Brett Hill Cliff Mountain Cliff Peak Connett Peak Cove Hill Entrance Hill First Mountain Gibby Hill Gull Hill Hummock Peak Lofty Watts Hill Lookout Hill Marble Mount South Peak Middle Peak Mount Ararat Mount Byng Mount Egmont Mount Harston Mount Keppel Mount Misery Mount Rees Mount Richards Phillip's Point Precipice Hill Rabbit Hill Rabbits Ears Robin's Hill Rocky Ridge Hill Rookery Hill Rookery Mountain Sixtus Hill South Hill Standing Man Hill Stanley Hill West End Hill
See also: List of mountains and hills of the Falkland Islands

Canopus Hill
Canopus Hill East Falkland, Falkland Islands, south Atlantic Ocean
Highest point
Elevation	32 m (105 ft)^[1]
Prominence	32 m (105 ft)
Coordinates	51°41′24″S 57°47′17″W / 51.69000°S 57.78806°W / -51.69000; -57.78806
Geography
Location	East Falkland, Falkland Islands, south Atlantic Ocean