Mount Barren

Mount Barren is a mountain, 645 metres high, standing west of Husvik Harbour on the north coast of South Georgia. Its name is descriptive, and was probably given by the Discovery Investigations in 1926–30.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Parochlus Lake and McIlroy Peak.

Lake
is a shallow at the head of , to the west-northwest of Husvik Harbor, South Georgia. Named by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1990 after the midge Parochlus steinenii, whose larvae abound near the margins of the lake.

Peak
is a peak rising to 745 metres west of Husvik Harbour and 0.8 nautical miles south of Mount Barren, South Georgia. It was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1990 after Dr.

Glacier
is a , 3 nautical miles long and 1.5 nautical miles wide, flowing in a northerly direction from the north side of to the head of , South Georgia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Husvik and Leith Harbour.

Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a former whaling station on the north-central coast of South Georgia Island. It was one of three such stations in , the other two being Stromness and .

Village
Photo: Harley D. Nygren, Public domain.
, also known as Port Leith, was a whaling station on the northeast coast of South Georgia, established and operated by Christian Salvesen Ltd, .

Mount Barren

Latitude
-54.17723° or 54° 10′ 38″ south
Longitude
-36.75621° or 36° 45′ 22″ west
Elevation
642 metres (2,106 feet)
Open location code
39Q5R6FV+4G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9099679269
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
3474115
Wiki­data ID
Q6919629
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Satellite Map

Discover Mount Barren from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Mount Barren” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Mount Barren (bukid sa South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands)”
  • Cebuano: “Mount Barren”
  • Chinese: “巴倫山”
  • Dutch: “Mount Barren”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت بارين”
  • German: “Mount Barren”
  • Ladin: “Mount Barren”
  • Low German: “Mount Barren”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mount Barren”
  • Spanish: “Monte Barren”
  • Swedish: “Mount Barren (berg i Sydgeorgien och Sydsandwichöarna)”
  • Swedish: “Mount Barren”

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Karrakatta Valley and Husval.

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