Matthew 27:33

εἰς τόπον κ.τ.λ. The site of Golgotha is not known for certain, but see notes to Plan of Jerusalem; it was outside the walls, but ‘nigh to the city’ (John 19:20), probably near the public road where people passed by (Matthew 27:39), it contained a garden (John 19:41). The name, which = ‘place of a skull,’ is generally thought to be derived from the shape and appearance of the hillock or mound on which the crosses were reared. This, however, is uncertain. Pictures often mislead by representing the crucifixion as taking place on a lofty hill at a considerable distance from the city.

The English ‘Calvary’ comes from the Vulgate translation of Luke 23:33, ‘Et postquam venerunt in locum qui vocatur Calvariæ.’ Calvaria = ‘a bare skull.’