Mite Skerry
Mite Skerry is a small island in the south part of the entrance to Lystad Bay, off Horseshoe Island, Antarctica. It was named by UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1958; the name is descriptive of its small size.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Breaker, Mount and Penitent Peak.
Breaker, Mount
Peak
Photo: euphro, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mount Breaker is a mountain with double summits, the eastern summit being, at 880 metres, the highest on Horseshoe Island, off Graham Land. The name was given by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1958 and is descriptive; the two summits are separated by a shallow col and, when seen from the west, resemble a breaking wave. Breaker, Mount is situated 2½ km southeast of Mite Skerry.
Penitent Peak
Peak
Penitent Peak is a peak between Mount Breaker and Ryan Peak on Horseshoe Island. Surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1955-57 and so named because of the snow penitents which are a characteristic feature in the vicinity of the peak. Penitent Peak is situated 3 km east of Mite Skerry.
Mite Skerry
- Type: Islet
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Antarctica
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Latitude
-67.85887° or 67° 51′ 32″ southLongitude
-67.30218° or 67° 18′ 8″ westElevation
54 metres (177 feet)Open location code
374J4MRX+F4OpenStreetMap ID
way 225856738OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
6638226Wikidata ID
Q6881535
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Mite Skerry” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Mite Skerry”
- Dutch: “Mite Skerry”
- German: “Mite Skerry”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mite Skerry”
- Swedish: “Mite Skerry”
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Highlights include Ryan Peak and Lagotellerie Island.
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