Pawson Peak
Pawson Peak is a solitary peak of irregular conical shape, rising to 250 m west-northwest of Sphinx Hill, Admiralty Bay, King George Island. Named in 1977 by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee after Kenneth Pawson, Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey meteorological observer, Port Lockroy, 1947–48; general assistant, Admiralty Bay, 1948–50.- Peak rising to 250 metres (820 feet)
- …is also known as “Czajkowski Needle”
- Description: mountain in King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
Places of Interest
Highlights include Anvil Crag and Sphinx Hill.
Pawson Peak
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- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-62.18897° or 62° 11′ 20″ south
Longitude
-58.46935° or 58° 28′ 10″ west
Open location code
3893RG6J+C7
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Pawson Peak” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Pawson Peak”
- Chinese: “波森峰”
- Dutch: “Pawson Peak”
- German: “Pawson Peak”
- Ladin: “Pawson Peak”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Pawson Peak”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Pawson Peak”
- Polish: “Czajkowski Needle”
- Polish: “Iglica Czajkowskiego”
- Swedish: “Pawson Peak”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Blaszczyk Moraine and Wróbel Valley.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sphinx Glacier and Krzemien Hill.
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