Moltke Harbour
Moltke Harbour is a bay in South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. Moltke Harbour is situated nearby to the locality Pirner Point, as well as near Moltke Station.Places of Interest
Highlights include Pirner Peak and Mount Krokisius.
Pirner Peak
Peak
Pirner Peak is a peak 0.7 nautical miles northwest of Pirner Point, Royal Bay, 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.
Mount Krokisius
Peak
Mount Krokisius 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.
Neighbour Peak
Peak
Photo: Liam Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Neighbour Peak is a peak rising 1 nautical mile west of Pirner Peak at Royal Bay, 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.
Moltke Harbour
- Type: Bay
- Also known as: “Moltke Harbor”
- Category: body of water
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-54.52312° or 54° 31′ 23″ southLongitude
-36.07704° or 36° 4′ 37″ westElevation
85 metres (279 feet)Open location code
39Q5FWGF+Q5OpenStreetMap ID
node 5263289402OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
3426376
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