Wong Peak

Mount Bird is a 1,765 metres high shield volcano standing about 7 nautical miles south of Cape Bird, the northern extremity of Ross Island. It was mapped by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, under Robert Falcon Scott, and apparently named by them after Cape Bird.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Beeby Peak and Bird, Mount.

Beeby Peak

Peak

Mount Bird is a 1,765 metres high shield volcano standing about 7 nautical miles south of Cape Bird, the northern extremity of Ross Island. It was mapped by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, under Robert Falcon Scott, and apparently named by them after Cape Bird.

Bird, Mount

Peak

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Mount Bird is a 1,765 metres high shield volcano standing about 7 nautical miles south of Cape Bird, the northern extremity of Ross Island. It was mapped by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, under Robert Falcon Scott, and apparently named by them after Cape Bird.

Nash Peak

Peak

Mount Bird is a 1,765 metres high shield volcano standing about 7 nautical miles south of Cape Bird, the northern extremity of Ross Island. It was mapped by the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, under Robert Falcon Scott, and apparently named by them after Cape Bird.

Wong Peak

Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,600 metres
Description: mountain on Ross Island, Antarctica
Categories: mountain and landform
Location: Antarctica
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Latitude

-77.25286° or 77° 15′ 10″ south

Longitude

166.83531° or 166° 50′ 7″ east

Elevation

1,600 metres (5,249 feet)

Named after

Frank Wong

Open location code

2VJ8PRWP+V4

OpenStreetMap ID

node 9099483032

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

Wikidata ID

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Satellite Map

Discover Wong Peak from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Wong Peak” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Wong Peak”
Chinese: “翁峰”
Dutch: “Wong Peak”
German: “Wong Peak”
Ladin: “Wong Peak”
Norwegian Bokmål: “Wong Peak”
Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wong Peak”
Swedish: “Wong Peak”

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