Basilisk Peak
Basilisk Peak is, at 255 metres, the highest peak marking the crater rim of Bellingshausen Island, South Sandwich Islands. The name as applied by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1971 "marks the aura of this savage cliff which falls abruptly into a deep and steaming crater where the basilisk of legend might properly have his den."…| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bellingshausen Island.
Bellingshausen Island
Island
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Bellingshausen Island is one of the most southerly islands of the South Sandwich Islands, close to Thule Island and Cook Island, and forming part of the Southern Thule group.
Basilisk Peak
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 255 metres
- Description: mountain in South Sandwich Islands
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
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Latitude
-59.40985° or 59° 24′ 36″ southLongitude
-27.08154° or 27° 4′ 54″ westElevation
255 metres (837 feet)Open location code
39GJHWR9+39OpenStreetMap ID
node 1826741219OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Basilisk Peak” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “巴西利斯克峰”
- Dutch: “Basilisk Peak”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل باسيليسك پياك”
- German: “Basilisk Peak”
- Japanese: “バシリスク山”
- Ladin: “Basilisk Peak”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Basilisk Peak”
- Spanish: “Pico Basilisco”
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