Osmic Hill
Hestesletten is a glacial plain between the Hamberg Lakes and Cumberland East Bay, South Georgia. It is covered with tussock and is almost 2 miles long in a northeast–southwest direction and 0.75 miles wide.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Swinhoe Peak and Brown Mountain.
Swinhoe Peak
Peak
Swinhoe Peak is a peak, 845 m high, standing between Hamberg Glacier and Hestesletten on the north side of South Georgia. The peak was mapped by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition, 1901–03, under Nordenskjold.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Discovery Point and King Edward Point.
Discovery Point
Locality
Moraine Fjord is an inlet 3.5 nautical miles long with a reef extending across its entrance, forming the west head of Cumberland East Bay, South Georgia.
King Edward Point
Village
Photo: Liam Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Grytviken is a former whaling station on South Georgia Island. It was founded in 1904 as it had the best harbour on this storm-wracked island, with flat ice-free terrain and a fresh water supply.
Grytviken
Photo: Jens Bludau, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Grytviken is a former whaling station on South Georgia Island. It was founded in 1904 as it had the best harbour on this storm-wracked island, with flat ice-free terrain and a fresh water supply.
Osmic Hill
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 22 metres
- Description: hill on the west side of Moraine Fjord, South Georgia
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-54.32703° or 54° 19′ 37″ southLongitude
-36.49772° or 36° 29′ 52″ westElevation
22 metres (72 feet)Open location code
39Q5MGF2+5WOpenStreetMap ID
node 9166183179OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Osmic Hill” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Osmic Hill”
- Chinese: “鋨山”
- Dutch: “Osmic Hill”
- German: “Osmic Hill”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Osmic Hill”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Osmic Hill”
- Norwegian: “Osmic Hill”
- Swedish: “Osmic Hill”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Zenker Ridge and Hestesletten.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Zenker Ridge Hut Ruin and Analine Island.
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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 “Osmic Hill”. Photo: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0.