Briggs Peak

Briggs Peak is an isolated, conical mountain, 1,120 metres high, on the northeast side of the Wordie Ice Shelf, . It was first roughly surveyed by the British Graham Land Expedition, 1936–37, and photographed by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition, November 1947.

Briggs Peak

Latitude
-68.98395° or 68° 59′ 2″ south
Longitude
-66.71001° or 66° 42′ 36″ west
Elevation
1,120 metres (3,675 feet)
Open location code
373M278Q+CX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 9245662406
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
6630361
Wiki­data ID
Q4967269
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Briggs Peak” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Briggs Peak
  • Chinese: 布里格斯峰
  • Dutch: Briggs Peak
  • German: Briggs Peak
  • Ladin: Briggs Peak
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Briggs Peak
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Briggs Peak
  • Swedish: Briggs Peak

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