Basilisk Peak

Basilisk Peak is, at 255 metres, the highest peak marking the crater rim of , 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."…
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Bellingshausen Island.

Island
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
is a small, uninhabited volcanic island in the group of the South Sandwich Islands, in the South Atlantic Ocean. It lies approximately 7.6 kilometres northeast of and 16 kilometres east of .

Basilisk Peak

Latitude
-59.40985° or 59° 24′ 36″ south
Longitude
-27.08154° or 27° 4′ 54″ west
Elevation
255 metres (837 feet)
Open location code
39GJHWR9+39
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1826741219
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
10787434
Wiki­data ID
Q4867460
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Satellite Map

Discover Basilisk Peak from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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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