Gemel Peaks
The Gemel Peaks are two peaks 1.3 nautical miles northeast of Horatio Stump on Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. They were charted and named "Twin Peak" or "Twin Peaks" by Discovery Investigations personnel on the Discovery II in 1935.Photo: Mefisto29, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Teniente R. Marsh Airport and Holy Trinity Church.
Teniente R. Marsh Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: LBM1948, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Teniente Rodolfo Marsh Martin Airport is on King George Island, part of Chile's Antártica commune in Antarctica, and is the northernmost airport in the continent.
Holy Trinity Church
Church
Photo: ArJuna, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Holy Trinity Church is a small Russian Orthodox church on King George Island near Bellingshausen Station, a Russian research station in Antarctica. It is one of the eight churches on Antarctica and the southernmost Eastern Orthodox church in the world.
Kitezh, Lake
Lake
Lake Kitezh is a lake 0.3 nautical miles long near the center of Fildes Peninsula, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The largest of many lakes on the peninsula, it has been used as a reservoir by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition Bellingshausen Station and the Chilean Rodolfo Marsh Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Villa Las Estrellas and President Eduardo Frei Montalva Base.
Villa Las Estrellas
Photo: SnowSwan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Villa Las Estrellas is a Chilean civilian settlement on King George Island, the largest of the South Shetland Islands off the Antarctic Peninsula. It consists of some dozen prefabs but is a vital service hub for all the bases on the island.
President Eduardo Frei Montalva Base
Neighborhood
Photo: Mefisto29, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Base Presidente Eduardo Frei Montalva is the most important Antarctic base of Chile. It is located at Fildes Peninsula, an ice-free area, in front of Fildes Bay, at the west end of King George Island, South Shetland Islands.
Gemel Peaks
- Type: Peak
- Description: mountain in King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Antarctica
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-62.1949° or 62° 11′ 42″ southLongitude
-58.99472° or 58° 59′ 41″ westOpen location code
3893R244+24OpenStreetMap ID
node 9252445243OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
6633732Wikidata ID
Q5530600
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Gemel Peaks” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Gemel Peaks”
- Chinese: “格梅爾峰”
- Dutch: “Gemel Peaks”
- French: “Pics Jumeaux”
- German: “Gemel Peaks”
- German: “Zwillingsspitzen”
- Ladin: “Gemel Peaks”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gemel Peaks”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gemel Peaks”
- Portuguese: “Picos Gemmel”
- Spanish: “Picos Gemelos”
- Swedish: “Gemel Peaks”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Professor Julio Escudero Base and Estación Marítima Antártica.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Refuge Padre Balduino Rambo and Mount Youyi.
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