Purka Mountain

Purka Mountain is a prominent mountain ridge with two outliers, about 5 nautical miles southeast of in the . Mapped and named Purka by Norwegian cartographers working from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936–37.
Wikipedia
  • Mountain rising to 1,766 metres (5,794 feet)
  • …is also known as “Corry, Mount”
  • Description: mountain in Antarctica

Purka Mountain

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Latitude
-68.25° or 68° 15′ south
Longitude
58.58333° or 58° 35′ east
Open location code
3H3WQH2M+28
Geo­Names ID
6623718
Wiki­data ID
Q6580932

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Purka Mountain” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Purka Mountain”
  • Chinese: “普爾卡山”
  • Dutch: “Purka Mountain”
  • German: “Purka Mountain”
  • German: “Purka”
  • Ladin: “Purka Mountain”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Purka Mountain”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Purka”
  • Swedish: “Purka Mountain”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Galtefjellet and Kjuklingen Nunatak.

Antarctica: Highlights

Notable places include Livingston Island and Villa Las Estrellas.

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