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South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands

Pirner Peak

Pirner Peak is a peak 0.7 nautical miles northwest of , , South Georgia. Surveyed by the German group of the International Polar Year Investigations, 1882–83, and named by them for Captain Pirner of the expedition ship Moltke.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 699 metres
  • Description: mountain in South Georgia
  • Also known as: “Pirner-Berg”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Krokisius and Brocken.

Peak
is a mountain 0.6 nautical miles northeast of Moltke Harbor, South Georgia. Named by the German group of the International Polar Year Investigations, 1882–83, for Corvette Captain Ferdinand Krokisius, commander of the Marie, one of the two ships of the expedition.

Peak
is a mountain rising over 610 metres close southwest of on the north side of South Georgia. It was named by the German group of the International Polar Year Investigations, 1882–83, after the , the highest mountain in central Germany.

Peak
Photo: Liam Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a peak rising 1 nautical mile west of Pirner Peak at , South Georgia. The British Combined Services Expedition, 1964–65, identified this feature as "Nachbar", the name used by the German expedition under Schrader, 1882–83.

Pirner Peak

Latitude
-54.5157° or 54° 30′ 57″ south
Longitude
-36.0664° or 36° 3′ 59″ west
Elevation
699 metres (2,293 feet)
Open location code
39Q5FWMM+PC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9252845422
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
3426336
Wiki­data ID
Q7198051
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Satellite Map

Discover Pirner Peak from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Pirner Peak” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Pirner Peak”
  • Chinese: “皮爾納峰”
  • Dutch: “Pirner Peak”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل پيرنير پياك”
  • German: “Pirner Peak”
  • German: “Pirnerberg”
  • Ladin: “Pirner Peak”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pirner Peak”
  • Spanish: “Pico Pirner”
  • Swedish: “Pirner Peak”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Moltke Station and Köppen Point.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Pirner Peak and Whale Valley.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Pirner Peak”. Photo: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0.