Mount Hodges
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Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 605 metres
- Description: mountain in South Georgia
- Also known as: “Moldaenke Berg”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Petrel Peak and South Georgia Museum.
Petrel Peak
Peak
Petrel Peak is a peak, 630 m, standing at the north side of Hodges Glacier, 1 nautical mile northwest of Grytviken, South Georgia. Surveyed by the SGS in the period 1951–57.
South Georgia Museum
Museum
Photo: Wofratz, Public domain.
The South Georgia Museum is situated in Grytviken, near the administrative centre of the UK overseas territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
Orca Peak
Peak
Orca Peak is a peak, 395 m, standing west of Grytviken on the north coast of South Georgia. The name appears to be first used on a 1930 British Admiralty chart. This article incorporates public domain material from…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grytviken and King Edward Point.
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.
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.
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.
Mount Hodges
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-54.27314° or 54° 16′ 23″ southLongitude
-36.52389° or 36° 31′ 26″ westElevation
605 metres (1,985 feet)Open location code
39Q5PFGG+PCOpenStreetMap ID
node 8722574079OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Mount Hodges” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Mount Hodges (bukid sa South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands)”
- Cebuano: “Mount Hodges”
- Chinese: “霍奇斯山”
- Dutch: “Mount Hodges”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت هودجيس”
- German: “Mount Hodges”
- Ladin: “Mount Hodges”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mount Hodges”
- Spanish: “Monte Hodges”
- Swedish: “Mount Hodges”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Hodges Bowl and Bore Valley.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bore Valley Dam and Boulder Pass.
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