Cornwall Peaks
The Cornwall Peaks are two conspicuous rock peaks, the higher reaching 960 metres, standing at the west side of König Glacier, 2.5 nautical miles southwest of Fortuna Bay, South Georgia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 960 metres
- Description: mountain in South Georgia
- Also known as: “Cornwall Peak”
Places of Interest
Highlights include König Glacier.
König Glacier
Glacier
König Glacier is a glacier, 3 nautical miles long and 1.5 nautical miles wide, flowing in a northerly direction from the north side of Neumayer Glacier to the head of Fortuna Bay, South Georgia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Husvik.
Husvik
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Husvik is a former whaling station on the north-central coast of South Georgia Island. It was one of three such stations in Stromness Bay, the other two being Stromness and Leith Harbour. Husvik is situated 10 km east of Cornwall Peaks.
Cornwall Peaks
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-54.18487° or 54° 11′ 6″ southLongitude
-36.85613° or 36° 51′ 22″ westElevation
960 metres (3,150 feet)Open location code
39Q5R48V+3GOpenStreetMap ID
node 9128776821OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Cornwall Peaks” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Cornwall Peaks”
- Chinese: “康沃爾峰”
- Dutch: “Cornwall Peaks”
- German: “Cornwall Peaks”
- Ladin: “Cornwall Peaks”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cornwall Peaks”
- Spanish: “Picos Cornwall”
- Swedish: “Cornwall Peaks”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Breakwind Ridge and Breakwind Gap.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Stanley Peak and Lake Kønig.
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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 “Cornwall Peaks”. Photo: Brian Gratwicke, CC BY 2.0.