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'''Petrel Peak''' is a mountain of 2,073 feet on the [[Thatcher Peninsula]] on the north-east coast of [[South Georgia]]. It is to the west-north-west of [[Hodges | '''Petrel Peak''' is a mountain of 2,073 feet on the [[Thatcher Peninsula]] on the north-east coast of [[South Georgia]]. It is to the west-north-west of [[Mount Hodges]]. | ||
The mountain was named following glaciological work in the area by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in the International Geophysical Year, 1957-58: it is named after the whale-catcher ''Petrel'', of the [[Grytviken]] whaling concern, and after the snow petrels (''Pagodroma nivea'') that nest on the higher rocks. | The mountain was named following glaciological work in the area by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in the International Geophysical Year, 1957-58: it is named after the whale-catcher ''Petrel'', of the [[Grytviken]] whaling concern, and after the snow petrels (''Pagodroma nivea'') that nest on the higher rocks. | ||
Latest revision as of 12:43, 14 February 2023
| Petrel Peak | |||
| South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | |||
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| Range: | Thatcher Peninsula | ||
| South Georgia | |||
| Summit: | 2,073 feet 54°16’11"S, 36°31’55"W | ||
Petrel Peak is a mountain of 2,073 feet on the Thatcher Peninsula on the north-east coast of South Georgia. It is to the west-north-west of Mount Hodges.
The mountain was named following glaciological work in the area by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in the International Geophysical Year, 1957-58: it is named after the whale-catcher Petrel, of the Grytviken whaling concern, and after the snow petrels (Pagodroma nivea) that nest on the higher rocks.
References
- Gazetteer and Map of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands: Petrel Peak