Perseus Peak
Perseus Peak is a distinct, triangular peak on Tentacle Ridge, northwest of Medusa Peak in the Cook Mountains. The peak is in bedded Beacon sandstone. Named in association with other peaks in the area after Perseus, the hero in Greek mythology who killed Medusa by cutting off her head with Mercury's sword.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Medusa Peak.
Medusa Peak
Peak
Medusa Peak is a peak, 1,700 metres high, located southeast of Perseus Peak on Tentacle Ridge in the Cook Mountains of Antarctica. It was named is association with other peaks in the area after Medusa, one of the three gorgons of Greek mythology.
Perseus Peak
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,416 metres
- Description: mountain in Antarctica
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-79.61676° or 79° 37′ 0″ southLongitude
157.33658° or 157° 20′ 12″ eastElevation
1,416 metres (4,646 feet)Named after
PerseusOpen location code
2RGV98MP+7JOpenStreetMap ID
node 11109015806OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
6623152Wikidata ID
Q7144328
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Perseus Peak” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Perseus Peak”
- Chinese: “珀耳修斯峰”
- Dutch: “Perseus Peak”
- German: “Perseus Peak”
- Ladin: “Perseus Peak”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Perseus Peak”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Perseus Peak”
- Swedish: “Perseus Peak”
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