Achilles Heel (Palmer Archipelago)

Achilles Heel (Palmer Archipelago)

Achilles Heel (coord|64|30|S|63|38|W|) is a snow-covered hill, 915 m, in the center of the col between Mount Helen and Mount Achilles in the Achaean Range of Anvers Island, in the Palmer Archipelago. Surveyed by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1955 and so named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) because of its position in relation to Mount Achilles.


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