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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Harper Peak and Fortuna Peak.
Harper Peak
Peak
Harper Peak is a peak, 785 metres high, standing east of Fortuna Peak and Fortuna Bay on the north coast of South Georgia. The name appears to be first used on a 1931 British Admiralty chart.
Fortuna Peak
Peak
Fortuna Peak is a peak, 385 metres high, standing at the east side of Fortuna Bay, on the north coast of South Georgia. The name appears to be first used on a 1931 British Admiralty chart, and is probably in association with Fortuna Bay.
Mount Antell
Peak
Mount Antell is a mountain rising above 610 metres, overlooking the north coast of South Georgia midway between Bjelland Point and Hercules Point. It was surveyed by the South Georgia Survey in the period 1951–57, and named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee for Georg Antell, foreman of the South Georgia Whaling Company station at nearby Leith Harbour, 1913–39.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leith Harbour and Husvik.
Leith Harbour
Village
Photo: Harley D. Nygren, Public domain.
Leith Harbour, also known as Port Leith, was a whaling station on the northeast coast of South Georgia, established and operated by Christian Salvesen Ltd, Edinburgh.
Husvik
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Husvik is a former whaling station on the north-central coast of South Georgia Island. It was one of three such stations in Stromness Bay, the other two being Stromness and Leith Harbour. Husvik is situated 8 km south of Atherton Peak.
Atherton Peak
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 500 metres
- Description: mountain in South Georgia
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-54.11589° or 54° 6′ 57″ southLongitude
-36.75251° or 36° 45′ 9″ westElevation
500 metres (1,640 feet)Open location code
39Q5V6MW+JXOpenStreetMap ID
node 9128776487OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Atherton Peak” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “阿瑟頓峰”
- Dutch: “Atherton Peak”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل اثيرتون پياك”
- German: “Atherton Peak”
- Ladin: “Atherton Peak”
- Low German: “Atherton Peak”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Atherton Peak”
- Spanish: “Pico Atherton”
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