Gorgons Head
Gorgons Head is a peak southeast of Mount Hughes in the Cook Mountains of Antarctica. The peak is sandstone with dolerite intrusions and is a sharp summit ridge.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Gorgons Head
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,610 metres
- Description: mountain peak in Antarctica
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-79.55639° or 79° 33′ 23″ southLongitude
157.49867° or 157° 29′ 55″ eastElevation
1,610 metres (5,282 feet)Named after
GorgonsOpen location code
2RGVCFVX+CFOpenStreetMap ID
node 11109015807OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
6634043Wikidata ID
Q5586313
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Gorgons Head” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Gorgons‘ Head”
- Cebuano: “Gorgons’ Head”
- Chinese: “戈耳工角”
- Dutch: “Gorgons Head”
- German: “Gorgons Head”
- Ladin: “Gorgons Head”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gorgons Head”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gorgons Head”
- Swedish: “Gorgons‘ Head”
- Swedish: “Gorgons’ Head”
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