Penitent Peak
Penitent Peak is a peak between Mount Breaker and Ryan Peak on Horseshoe Island. Surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1955-57 and so named because of the snow penitents which are a characteristic feature in the vicinity of the peak.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Breaker, Mount and Ryan Peak.
Breaker, Mount
Peak
Photo: euphro, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mount Breaker is a mountain with double summits, the eastern summit being, at 880 metres, the highest on Horseshoe Island, off Graham Land. The name was given by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1958 and is descriptive; the two summits are separated by a shallow col and, when seen from the west, resemble a breaking wave.
Ryan Peak
Peak
Ryan Peak is a peak 1 nautical mile east of Penitent Peak on Horseshoe Island. Surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1955–57. Named for Francis B.
Mite Skerry
Islet
Mite Skerry is a small island in the south part of the entrance to Lystad Bay, off Horseshoe Island, Antarctica. It was named by UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1958; the name is descriptive of its small size.
Penitent Peak
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 594 metres
- Description: mountain in Antarctica
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Antarctica
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-67.8651° or 67° 51′ 54″ southLongitude
-67.22878° or 67° 13′ 44″ westElevation
594 metres (1,949 feet)Open location code
374J4QMC+XFOpenStreetMap ID
node 9256220860OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Penitent Peak” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Penitent Peak”
- Chinese: “佩尼滕特峰”
- Dutch: “Penitent Peak”
- German: “Penitent Peak”
- Ladin: “Penitent Peak”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Penitent Peak”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Penitent Peak”
- Spanish: “Penitente, pico”
- Swedish: “Penitent Peak”
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