Snipe Peak
Snipe Peak is a peak, 225 m, which is the main peak on Moe Island, situated close southwest of Signy Island in the South Orkney Islands. Surveyed in 1933 by DI personnel.Places of Interest
Highlights include Gneiss Hills and Confusion Island.
Gneiss Hills
Peak
The Gneiss Hills are two prominent hills, 270 and 260 metres high, at the west side of McLeod Glacier in the south part of Signy Island, in the South Orkney Islands, Antarctica.
Confusion Island
Islet
Confusion Island is an island 0.2 nautical miles long at the west side of the entrance to Clowes Bay, off the south side of Signy Island. The southern point of the island was charted and named Confusion Point by Discovery Investigations personnel on the Discovery II in 1933.
Garnet Hill
Peak
Garnet Hill is a rocky hill, 230 metres high, rising above the east side of McLeod Glacier in the south part of Signy Island, in the South Orkney Islands.
Snipe Peak
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 225 metres
- Description: mountain in South Orkney Islands
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Antarctica
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-60.74802° or 60° 44′ 53″ southLongitude
-45.69643° or 45° 41′ 47″ westElevation
225 metres (738 feet)Open location code
38FP7823+QCOpenStreetMap ID
node 9255921884OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Snipe Peak” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Snipe Peak”
- Chinese: “斯奈普峰”
- Dutch: “Snipe Peak”
- German: “Snipe Peak”
- Ladin: “Snipe Peak”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Snipe Peak”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Snipe Peak”
- Swedish: “Snipe Peak”
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Highlights include Tioga Hill and McLeod Glacier.
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