Tern Nunatak
Tern Nunatak is a nunatak lying just east of Lussich Cove, Admiralty Bay, on King George Island in the South Shetland Islands. Charted but not named by the French Antarctic Expedition, 1908–10, under Charcot.Places of Interest
Highlights include Ternyck Needle and Wawel Hill.
Ternyck Needle
Peak
Ternyck Needle is a conspicuous nunatak, 365 metres high, standing 1.5 nautical miles east of the head of Martel Inlet at the base of the small peninsula separating Admiralty and King George Bays, on King George Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Wawel Hill
Peak
Wawel Hill is a hill rising to 290 m north of Point Hennequin, on the east side of Admiralty Bay, King George Island. Named "Góra Wawel" in 1980 by the Polish Antarctic Expedition after a hill by this name in Kraków, historic site of the castle of the Polish kings.
Ullmann Spur
Peak
Ullmann Spur is a mountainous ridge, 275 m, situated centrally at the head of Martel Inlet, Admiralty Bay, on King George Island in the South Shetland Islands.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station.
Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station
Hamlet
The Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station is a permanent Antarctic research station named after the Brazilian Navy Commander Luís Antônio de Carvalho Ferraz, who visited Antarctica many times with the British exploration team and managed to convince his government to create a self-guided Brazilian Antarctic Program.
Tern Nunatak
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 256 metres
- Description: mountain in King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
- Categories: nunatak and landform
- Location: Antarctica
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-62.10093° or 62° 6′ 3″ southLongitude
-58.31083° or 58° 18′ 39″ westElevation
256 metres (840 feet)Open location code
3893VMXQ+JMOpenStreetMap ID
node 9252212907OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Tern Nunatak” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Tern Nunatak”
- Chinese: “特恩冰原島峰”
- Dutch: “Tern Nunatak”
- German: “Tern-Nunatak”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Tern Nunatak”
- Swedish: “Tern Nunatak”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Station G and Henryk Arctowski Station.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Szafer Ridge and Warkocz.
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