Mount Shields
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Mount Shields
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,168 metres
- Also known as: “Shields, Mount”
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-70.18333° or 70° 11′ southLongitude
159.93333° or 159° 56′ eastElevation
1,168 metres (3,832 feet)Named after
Staff Sgt. J.K. ShieldsOpen location code
2RXXRW8M+M8OpenStreetMap ID
node 11047823417OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
6625200Wikidata ID
Q26810973
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Mount Shields” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Shields”
- Dutch: “Mount Shields”
- German: “Mount Shields”
- Low German: “Mount Shields”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mount Shields”
- Swedish: “Mount Shields”
- Swedish: “Shields”
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