Sharp Peak
Sharp Peak is a sharp rocky peak rising to 500 m in the northeast of Vidin Heights on Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.Photo: Apcbg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 500 metres
- Description: mountain in Livingston Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
- Also known as: “Sharp Peak (Livingston Island)” and “Sharp Peak, Livingston Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Edinburgh Hill and Passy Peak.
Edinburgh Hill
Peak
Photo: Apcbg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Edinburgh Hill is a narrow point projecting 650 m from the east coast of Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica into McFarlane Strait and ending up in a conspicuous rocky hill of elevation 180 m whose bottom half is composed of basalt columns. Edinburgh Hill is situated 3 km southeast of Sharp Peak.
Passy Peak
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Passy Peak is a peak of elevation 510 m in Vidin Heights on Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Surmounting Panega Glacier to the southeast, Rose Valley Glacier to the northeast, and Saedinenie Snowfield to the northwest. Passy Peak is situated 3½ km west of Sharp Peak.
Samuel Peak
Peak
Photo: Apcbg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Samuel Peak is the 540 m peak in central Vidin Heights, Livingston Island, in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Surmounting Panega Glacier to the east and Kaliakra Glacier to the south. Samuel Peak is situated 4 km southwest of Sharp Peak.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ficheto Point.
Ficheto Point
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ficheto Point is an ice-free point on the northeast coast of Varna Peninsula, Livingston Island, Antarctica forming the southeast side of the entrance to Dragon Cove. Ficheto Point is situated 6 km north of Sharp Peak.
Sharp Peak
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Sharp Peak” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sharp Peak (tumoy sa bukid sa Antarctica, lat -62,52, long -60,07)”
- Cebuano: “Sharp Peak”
- Chinese: “夏普峰”
- Dutch: “Sharp Peak”
- German: “Sharp Peak”
- Hebrew: “פסגת שארפ”
- Ladin: “Sharp Peak”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sharp Peak”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sharp Peak på Livingston Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sharp Peak”
- Norwegian: “Sharp Peak”
- Spanish: “Agudo, pico (Livingston Island)”
- Spanish: “Puntiagudo, Pico”
- Swedish: “Sharp Peak (bergstopp i Antarktis, lat -62,52, long -60,07)”
- Swedish: “Sharp Peak, Livingston Island”
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