Nachtigal Peak

Nachtigal Peak is a rocky peak on a spur projecting northward from the southeast extremity of the , South Georgia. It rises to 1,160 m at the west side of the head of Cook Glacier, 4 nautical miles east of Nordenskjold Peak.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,161 metres
  • Description: mountain in South Georgia
  • Also known as: Kleine Pic

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Brooker and Cook Glacier.

Peak
is a mountain, 1,880 metres high, standing at the head of Webb Glacier and forming the last major summit in the southeast part of the of South Georgia.

Glacier
is a which flows in a north-northeasterly direction to on the north coast of South Georgia. It was named by the German group of the International Polar Year Investigations based at nearby Moltke Harbour in 1882–83, for Captain James Cook.

Peak
is a peak, 895 metres high, located 2 nautical miles southwest of , South Georgia. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Lieutenant Commander Malcolm K.

Nachtigal Peak

Latitude
-54.49515° or 54° 29′ 43″ south
Longitude
-36.23805° or 36° 14′ 17″ west
Elevation
1,161 metres (3,809 feet)
Open location code
39Q5GQ36+WQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9166191044
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
3426371
Wiki­data ID
Q6957212
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Nachtigal Peak” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Nachtigal Peak
  • Chinese: 納赫蒂加爾峰
  • Dutch: Nachtigal Peak
  • German: Nachtigal Peak
  • Italian: Nachtigal Peak
  • Italian: Picco Nachtigal
  • Ladin: Nachtigal Peak
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Nachtigal Peak
  • Spanish: Pico Nachtigal
  • Swedish: Nachtigal Peak

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Clark Point and Little Moltke Harbour.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Buxton Glacier and Mount MacArthur.

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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 “Nachtigal Peak”. Photo: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0.