Antarctica

Breaker, Mount

Mount Breaker is a mountain with double summits, the eastern summit being, at 880 metres, the highest on Horseshoe Island, off . The name was given by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1958 and is descriptive; the two summits are separated by a shallow col and, when seen from the west, resemble a breaking wave.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 880 metres
  • Description: Graham Land, Antarctica
  • Also known as: “Mount Breaker”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Penitent Peak and Mite Skerry.

Peak
is a peak between Mount Breaker and on Horseshoe Island. Surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1955-57 and so named because of the snow penitents which are a characteristic feature in the vicinity of the peak.

Islet
is a small island in the south part of the entrance to , off Horseshoe Island, Antarctica. It was named by UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1958; the name is descriptive of its small size.

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.

Breaker, Mount

Latitude
-67.87357° or 67° 52′ 25″ south
Longitude
-67.25513° or 67° 15′ 19″ west
Elevation
880 metres (2,887 feet)
Open location code
374J4PGV+HW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9256218431
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
6630009
Wiki­data ID
Q6919836
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Satellite Map

Discover Breaker, Mount from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Breaker, Mount” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Breaker”
  • Chinese: “布雷克山”
  • Dutch: “Mount Breaker”
  • German: “Mount Breaker”
  • Ladin: “Mount Breaker”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mount Breaker”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mount Breaker”
  • Spanish: “Rompiente, monte”
  • Swedish: “Breaker”
  • Swedish: “Mount Breaker”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Breaker, Mount”. Photo: euphro, CC BY-SA 2.0.