Antarctica

Kirkwood, Mount

Mount Kirkwood is a mountain, 460 m, standing 3 nautical miles west of Entrance Point in the south part of , in the .
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 460 metres
  • Description: mountain in Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
  • Also known as: “Kirkwood” and “Mount Kirkwood”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Crater Lake and New Rock.

Lake
is a volcanic crater, now filled with water, lying north-west of Mount Kirkwood on the south side of , in the of .

Island
is a rock, 105 m high, lying 1.4 kilometres off the southwest coast of , in the . The name of the rock derives from its relatively recent charting in about 1929.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aguirre Cerda Research Station.

Locality
Photo: Jorval, Public domain.
President Pedro Aguirre Cerda Station was a Chilean Antarctic base, located at in Deception Island in the , inaugurated in 1955. is situated 8 km northeast of Kirkwood, Mount.

Kirkwood, Mount

Latitude
-62.99914° or 62° 59′ 57″ south
Longitude
-60.65831° or 60° 39′ 30″ west
Elevation
460 metres (1,509 feet)
Open location code
379X282R+8M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2011467443
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
6636105
Wiki­data ID
Q6921681
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Satellite Map

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

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Kirkwood, Mount” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Kirkwood”
  • Central Bikol: “Mount Kirkwood”
  • Chinese: “柯克伍德山”
  • Dutch: “Mount Kirkwood”
  • French: “Mont Kirkwood”
  • German: “Mount Kirkwood”
  • Ladin: “Mount Kirkwood”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Mount Kirkwood”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mount Kirkwood”
  • Spanish: “David, Monte”
  • Spanish: “Goyena, monte”
  • Swedish: “Kirkwood”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Station B and Station P.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include ASPA-140B Crater Lake and Deception.

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