Mount Krokisius
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pirner Peak and Brocken.
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.
Brocken
Peak
Brocken is a mountain rising over 610 metres close southwest of Calf Head on the north side of South Georgia. It was named by the German group of the International Polar Year Investigations, 1882–83, after the Brocken, the highest mountain in central Germany.
Binary Peaks
Peak
Binary Peaks is a steep pinnacle covered with snow with two snow-free and therefore conspicuous summits, situated 1.5 nautical miles northwest of Mount Krokisius and 2 nautical miles north-northwest of Moltke Harbor, South Georgia.
Mount Krokisius
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 472 metres
- Description: mountain in South Georgia
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-54.51029° or 54° 30′ 37″ southLongitude
-36.06783° or 36° 4′ 4″ westElevation
472 metres (1,549 feet)Open location code
39Q5FWQJ+VVOpenStreetMap ID
node 9093034537OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Mount Krokisius” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Mount Krokisius”
- Chinese: “克羅基西厄斯山”
- Dutch: “Mount Krokisius”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت كروكيسيوس”
- German: “Krokisiusberg”
- German: “Mount Krokisius”
- Ladin: “Mount Krokisius”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mount Krokisius”
- Spanish: “Monte Krokisius”
- Swedish: “Mount Krokisius”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Moltke Station and Köppen Point.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Whale Valley and Pirner Peak.
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