Admiralen Peak
Admiralen Peak, also variously known as Admiration Peak, Pico Puño, or Cerro Le Poing, is a peak, 1,000 feet high, lying 0.7 miles south-southwest of Crepin Point at the west side of Admiralty Bay on King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 305 metres
- Description: mountain in King George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
- Also known as: “Admiralen”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Wegger Peak and Klekowski Crag.
Wegger Peak
Peak
Wegger Peak is a peak, 305 m, at the west side of the entrance to Mackellar Inlet, Admiralty Bay, on King George Island in the South Shetland Islands. The name "Le Poing" was given to an elevation hereabout by the French Antarctic Expedition under Charcot in 1908–10.
Klekowski Crag
Peak
Klekowski Crag is a rock crag rising to about 400 metres on the south side of Lange Glacier, Admiralty Bay, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands.
Cockscomb Hill
Peak
Cockscomb Hill is a conspicuous hill shaped like a cockscomb, 140 metres high, which rises through the glacier at the head of Mackellar Inlet in Admiralty Bay, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station.
Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station
Hamlet
The Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station is a permanent Antarctic research station named after the Brazilian Navy Commander Luís Antônio de Carvalho Ferraz, who visited Antarctica many times with the British exploration team and managed to convince his government to create a self-guided Brazilian Antarctic Program.
Admiralen Peak
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Antarctica
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-62.10609° or 62° 6′ 22″ southLongitude
-58.49435° or 58° 29′ 40″ westElevation
305 metres (1,001 feet)Open location code
3893VGV4+H7OpenStreetMap ID
node 2931378523OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
Discover Admiralen Peak from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Admiralen Peak” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Admiralen Peak”
- Chinese: “阿德米拉倫峰”
- Dutch: “Admiralen Peak”
- German: “Admiralen Peak”
- Ladin: “Admiralen Peak”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Admiralen Peak”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Admiralen Peak”
- Norwegian: “Admiralen Peak”
- Spanish: “Le Poing, Cerro”
- Spanish: “Puño, pico”
- Swedish: “Admiralen Peak”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Station G and Giacomo Bove Station.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Misty Nunatak and Komandor Peak.
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