Twin Pinnacles
Twin Pinnacles is a rock 20 m high marked by two summits, lying 0.1 nautical miles northeast of Lions Rump at the west side of the entrance to King George Bay in the South Shetland Islands. Charted and named during 1937 by DI personnel on the Discovery II.Places of Interest
Highlights: Martello Tower.
Martello Tower
Martello Tower is a rock 10 metres high, lying… Martello Tower is situated 3½ km north of Twin Pinnacles.Twin Pinnacles
- Type: Island
- Description: Rock in Antarctica
- Category: landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-62.13175° or 62° 7′ 54″ south
Longitude
-58.11887° or 58° 7′ 8″ west
Elevation
20 metres (66 feet)
Open location code
3893VV9J+8F
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Twin Pinnacles” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Twin Pinnacles”
- Dutch: “Twin Pinnacles”
- German: “Twin Pinnacles”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Twin Pinnacles”
- Spanish: “Mellizos, glaciar”
- Spanish: “Mellizos, Islote”
- Swedish: “Twin Pinnacles”
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