Petrel Peak

Petrel Peak
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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