Orcadas /Arg./

Orcadas /Arg./ is in Antarctica. Orcadas /Arg./ is situated nearby to the peak Mount Ramsay.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mount Ramsay.

Mount Ramsay

Peak

Mount Ramsay is a peak, 475 m, standing at the west side of Uruguay Cove on the north coast of Laurie Island, in the South Orkney Islands. Charted by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition under Bruce, 1902–04, and named for Allan Ramsay, chief engineer of the expedition ship Scotia, who died on August 6, 1903, and was buried at the foot of the peak.

Orcadas /Arg./

Location: Antarctica
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Latitude

-60.75° or 60° 45′ south

Longitude

-44.71667° or 44° 43′ west

Elevation

2 metres (7 feet)

Open location code

38FQ772M+28

GeoNames ID

6638580

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