Atherton Peak
Atherton Peak is a peak rising to about 500 metres east of Fortuna Bay, South Georgia. It was charted by Discovery Investigations, 1929–30, and named after Noel Atherton, cartographer in the Admiralty Hydrographic Office at the time, later chief Civil Hydrographic Officer, 1951–62.- Peak rising to 500 metres (1,640 feet)
- Description: mountain in South Georgia
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Atherton Peak
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- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-54.11589° or 54° 6′ 57″ south
Longitude
-36.75251° or 36° 45′ 9″ west
Open location code
39Q5V6MW+JX
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OpenStreetMap feature
natural = peak
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Atherton Peak” goes by many names.
阿瑟頓峰Chinese
Atherton PeakDutch
جبل اثيرتون پياكEgyptian Arabic
Atherton PeakLadin
Atherton PeakLow German
Atherton PeakNorwegian Nynorsk
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