Wegger Peak
Wegger Peak is a peak, 305 m, at the west side of the entrance to Mackellar Inlet, Admiralty Bay, on King George Island in the South Shetland Islands. The name "Le Poing" was given to an elevation hereabout by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot in 1908–10.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 305 metres
- Description: mountain in King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
- Also known as: “Pico Wegger”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Admiralen Peak and Cockscomb Hill.
Admiralen Peak
Peak
Admiralen Peak, also variously known as Admiration Peak, Pico Puño, or Cerro Le Poing, is a peak, 1,000 feet high, lying 0.7 miles south-southwest of Crepin Point at the west side of Admiralty Bay on King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands.
Cockscomb Hill
Peak
Cockscomb Hill is a conspicuous hill shaped like a cockscomb, 140 metres high, which rises through the glacier at the head of Mackellar Inlet in Admiralty Bay, 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.
Wegger Peak
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Antarctica
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-62.09514° or 62° 5′ 43″ southLongitude
-58.49694° or 58° 29′ 49″ westElevation
305 metres (1,001 feet)Open location code
3893WG33+W6OpenStreetMap ID
node 2931378825OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
Discover Wegger Peak from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Wegger Peak” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Wegger Peak”
- Chinese: “韋格峰”
- Dutch: “Wegger Peak”
- German: “Wegger Peak”
- Italian: “Picco di Wegger”
- Ladin: “Wegger Peak”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Wegger Peak”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wegger Peak”
- Swedish: “Wegger Peak”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Station G and Giacomo Bove Station.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Garnuszewski Peak and Kapitan Peak.
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