Antarctica

Trifid Peak

Trifid Peak is a peak at the head of in western Horseshoe Island. Named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1958. The name is descriptive of this three-sided matterhorn-type peak.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 179 metres
  • Description: mountain in Antarctica
  • Also known as: “Trifido, pico”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Spincloud Heights and Ryan Peak.

Peak
Photo: euphro, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a heights bordering the north side of on Horseshoe Island. Surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1955–57, and so named because clouds of spindrift blowing off the heights give warning of approaching storms.

Peak
is a peak 1 nautical mile east of on Horseshoe Island. Surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1955–57. Named for Francis B.

Islet
Photo: euphro, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small off eastern Horseshoe Island. Surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1955–57. So named because of the feature's apparent reluctance to be recognized as an island; it did not appear on maps of the British Graham Land Expedition 1934–37 and was mapped as a peninsula by FIDS in 1948–50.

Trifid Peak

Latitude
-67.8513° or 67° 51′ 5″ south
Longitude
-67.14325° or 67° 8′ 36″ west
Elevation
179 metres (587 feet)
Open location code
374J4VX4+FP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9256185707
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
6626980
Wiki­data ID
Q6578504
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Trifid Peak” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Trífido”
  • Chinese: “特賴菲德峰”
  • Dutch: “Trifid Peak”
  • German: “Trifid Peak”
  • Ladin: “Trifid Peak”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Trifid Peak”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Trifid Peak”
  • Spanish: “Trífido, pico”
  • Swedish: “Trífido”

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