Achala, Mount
Mount Achala is a peak rising to 680 m at the north end of Telefon Ridge, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands. It was named by the Argentine Antarctic Expedition in 1956, after a mountain in Argentina.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 680 metres
- Description: rising peak of an island
- Also known as: “Mount Achala”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cross Hill and Wensleydale Beacon.
Cross Hill
Peak
Cross Hill is a hill of 525 feet on Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands. The hill stands on the west side of the island, to the southwest of Telefon Bay.
Wensleydale Beacon
Peak
Wensleydale Beacon is a hill, 110 m, situated just north of Fumarole Bay, on the west side of Port Foster, Deception Island, in the South Shetland Islands.
Uritorco, Mount
Peak
Mount Uritorco is a mountain surmounting the southern part of Telefon Ridge on Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands. The name appears on an Argentine chart of 1956. This article incorporates public domain material from…
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aguirre Cerda Research Station.
Aguirre Cerda Research Station
Locality
Photo: Jorval, Public domain.
President Pedro Aguirre Cerda Station was a Chilean Antarctic base, located at Pendulum Cove in Deception Island in the South Shetland Islands, inaugurated in 1955.
Achala, Mount
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Antarctica
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-62.92516° or 62° 55′ 31″ southLongitude
-60.70106° or 60° 42′ 4″ westElevation
680 metres (2,231 feet)Open location code
379X37FX+WHOpenStreetMap ID
node 2011467442OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Achala, Mount” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Achala”
- Chinese: “阿查拉山”
- Dutch: “Mount Achala”
- French: “Mont Achala”
- German: “Mount Achala”
- Ladin: “Mount Achala”
- Low German: “Mount Achala”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mount Achala”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mount Achala”
- Swedish: “Achala”
- Swedish: “Mount Achala”
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